The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρεσβύτερος
- Late Latin · learned borrowing frompresbyter
- English todaypresbyter
Learned borrowing from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Doublet of prester and priest.
Words from the same roots
Late Latinpresbyter all →
priest
Ancient Greekπρεσβύτερος all →
priest
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.