Etymology

spondist

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Today it means: An Ancient Egyptian priest responsible for pouring libations of water. Full definition →

Egyptian sqbb ← Ancient Greek σπονδή
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπονδή“libation”
  2. Egyptian · calque ofsqbb“libator”
  3. English todayspondist

Calque of Egyptian sqbb (“libator”), participle of sqbb (“to cool, to libate with water”), by way of Ancient Greek σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”) suffixed with -ist.

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