Etymology

premessianic

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

English messianic ← Middle English Messyas ← Latin Messīās
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Aramaicܡ ܫ ܚ
  10. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)
  11. Hebrewמָשַׁח
  12. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)
  13. Ancient GreekΜεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)
  14. LatinMessīās
  15. Middle EnglishMessyas
  16. EnglishMessiah
  17. Englishmessianic
  18. English todaypremessianic

From pre- + messianic.

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