presbyter
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (Late Latin) an elder, presbyter
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (elder, older, senior).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πρεσβύτερος
Gloss
elder, older, senior
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Presley English
- Preston English
- archpresbyter English
- presbyter English
- presbyteral English
- presbyterate English
- presbyteress English
- presbyterial English
- presbyterian English
- presbytership English
- presbytery English
- presbytress English
- prester English
- *preptо̄ Latin
- *previter Latin
- preb(i)ter Latin
- prev(i)ter Latin
- previter Latin
- archipresbitero Italian
- presbitero Italian
- prete Italian
- priester Dutch, Flemish
- praire French
- πρέσβῠς Ancient Greek
- πρεσβύτερος Ancient Greek
- prezbiter Polish
- preost Old English
- prēost Old English
- prēost, preost Old English
- preest Middle English
- prest Middle English
- Preispitéireach Irish
- preispitéir Irish
- prestr Old Norse
- arciprestre Old French
- prestre Old French
- presbitero Esperanto
- ĉefpresbitero Esperanto
- prezbiter Serbo-Croatian
- презбитер Serbo-Croatian
- arcipreste Galician
- preot Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- priester Middle Dutch
- prift Albanian
- prestre Middle French
- prēstar Old Saxon
- preftu Aromanian
- preire Occitan
- predi Friulian
- preste Old Spanish
- priast Dalmatian
- prete Corsican
- primter Old Welsh
- prét Emilian
- prît Emilian
- ᚊᚏᚔᚋᚔᚈᚔᚏ Primitive Irish
- prit Romagnol