proselyte

The story

1. Hebrew · derived fromגר
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπροσήλυτος“newcomer, convert”
3. Late Latin · derived fromproselytus“proselyte, alien resident”
4. Old French · derived fromproselite
5. English todayproselyte

From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.