Crìsto

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkristu/

Proper noun

Crìsto m

  1. Christ, specifically:
    1. The anointed one or messiah predicted in the Hebrew Bible.
    2. (Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy; often treated as a personal name.

Derived terms

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.