πρεσβύτερος
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- older of two people
- advanced in life, senior
Etymology
Suffix from Ancient Greek πρέσβῠς (aged, elder).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πρέσβῠς
Gloss
aged, elder
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- presbyter English
- prester English
- *preptо̄ Latin
- *previter Latin
- preb(i)ter Latin
- presbyter Latin
- prev(i)ter Latin
- previter Latin
- presbitero Italian
- πρέσβῠς Ancient Greek
- prezbiter Polish
- preost Old English
- prēost Old English
- prēost, preost Old English
- preispitéir Irish
- قسيس Arabic
- prestre Old French
- presbitero Esperanto
- prezbiter Serbo-Croatian
- презбитер Serbo-Croatian
- arcipreste Galician
- priester Middle Dutch
- priesteriene Latvian
- priesteris Latvian
- priesterība Latvian
- prestre Middle French
- prēster Middle Low German
- preire Occitan
- preste Old Spanish
- priast Dalmatian
- ܩܫܝܫܐ Classical Syriac
- primter Old Welsh
- prét Emilian
- prît Emilian
- prit Romagnol