apostle
Old French
noun
Definitions
- apostle
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apostolus derived from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (one sent forth, apostle, messenger, ambassador, one who is sent, envoy, Apostle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀπόστολος
Gloss
one sent forth, apostle, messenger, ambassador, one who is sent, envoy, Apostle
Kanji
使
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- apostle English
- apostlebird English
- apostlehood English
- apostleship English
- apostolize English
- apostolatus Latin
- apostolus Latin
- pseudapostolus Latin
- pseudoapostolus Latin
- apostol Hungarian
- apostolo Italian
- apóstol Spanish, Castilian
- ψευδαπόστολος Ancient Greek
- ἀπόστολος Ancient Greek
- apostel Norwegian Bokmål
- apostel Norwegian Nynorsk
- apostol Old English
- apoštol Czech
- apostre Old French
- apostol Serbo-Croatian
- apòstol Catalan, Valencian
- apostol Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- απόστολος Greek (modern)
- abostol Welsh
- apostel Middle Dutch
- apostolo Old High German
- apstal Old Irish
- apôtre Norman
- Apostel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌰𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- apostolo Old Portuguese
- апостол Macedonian
- apóstol Asturian
- apostol Old Occitan
- abostol Breton
- abostol Cornish
- aipôtre Bourguignon