Etymology

postmessianic

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Today it means: After the coming of a messiah. Full definition →

English messianic ← Middle English Messyas ← Latin Messīās
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Aramaicܡ ܫ ܚ
  8. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)
  9. Hebrewמָשַׁח
  10. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)
  11. Ancient GreekΜεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)
  12. LatinMessīās
  13. Middle EnglishMessyas
  14. EnglishMessiah
  15. Englishmessianic
  16. English todaypostmessianic

From post- + messianic.

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