pastophorus

The story

1. Egyptian · derived fromjrj-ꜥꜣ“doorkeeper”
2. Demotic Egyptian · derived fromjrj-ꜥꜣ
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαστοφόρος
4. Latin · derived frompastophorus
5. English todaypastophorus

From Latin pastophorus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παστοφόρος (pastophóros), from παστός (pastós, “ceremonial curtain”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearer”), a loose calque of Demotic Egyptian jrj-ꜥꜣ, from Egyptian jrj-ꜥꜣ (“doorkeeper”), from jrj (“keeper”) + ꜥꜣ (“door”). An old interpretation of the Greek term as ‘shrine-bearer’ is now rejected.