See Christophorus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Middle English: Kristofre, Cristofre"
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "fr",
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},
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"3": "Christoph",
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}
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"text": "German: Christophorus, Christoph, Christoffer"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"2": "Cristovo"
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"expansion": "Galician: Cristovo",
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "Kristóf",
"3": "Krisztofer"
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}
],
"text": "Hungarian: Kristóf, Krisztofer"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "Cristoforo"
},
"expansion": "Italian: Cristoforo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: Cristoforo"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "Kristófer"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic: Kristófer",
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"text": "Icelandic: Kristófer"
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"3": "Cristoffa"
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}
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"text": "Ligurian: Christoffa, Cristoffa"
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"expansion": "Maltese: Kristofru",
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"text": "Maltese: Kristofru"
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"depth": 1,
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"3": "Christoffer",
"4": "Kristoffer"
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"expansion": "Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "Cristòl"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: Cristòl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: Cristòl"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "Cristòfuru"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: Cristòfuru",
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}
],
"text": "Sicilian: Cristòfuru"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "Christóval"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: Christóval",
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"text": "Old Spanish: Christóval"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "an",
"2": "Cristofo"
},
"expansion": "Aragonese: Cristofo",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Aragonese: Cristofo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "Cristóbal",
"3": "Tobolito"
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"expansion": "Spanish: Cristóbal, Tobolito",
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}
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"text": "Spanish: Cristóbal, Tobolito"
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{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "Kristobal"
},
"expansion": "Basque: Kristobal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Basque: Kristobal"
},
{
"depth": 3,
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{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "Kristobal"
},
"expansion": "Tagalog: Kristobal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tagalog: Kristobal"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "Krzysztof"
},
"expansion": "Polish: Krzysztof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Polish: Krzysztof"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "Cristóvão"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: Cristóvão",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: Cristóvão"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
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"2": "Cristofor"
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"expansion": "Romanian: Cristofor",
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"text": "Romanian: Cristofor"
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "Christoffer",
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"text": "Swedish: Christoffer, Kristoffer"
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}
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},
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"2": "grk-pro",
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"accusative",
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"ablative",
"singular"
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{
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstifer",
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"alternative"
]
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{
"form": "Chrīstophanus",
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"alternative"
]
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"form": "Chrīstopherus",
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"alternative"
]
}
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "Late Latin",
"3": "Medieval Latin"
},
"expansion": "(Late Latin, Medieval Latin)",
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"1": "Chrīstophorus<2>"
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"pos": "name",
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{
"categories": [
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"kind": "topical",
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"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
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"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
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"Names",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "25 21 22 12 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Late Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 20 18 18 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Medieval Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 20 19 12 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 21 18 13 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 27 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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[
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"given name"
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[
"Chrīstifer",
"Christifer#Latin"
],
[
"Chrīstophanus",
"Christophanus#Latin"
],
[
"Chrīstopherus",
"Christopherus#Latin"
],
[
"Christopher",
"Christopher#English"
]
],
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"Late-Latin",
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-2"
]
},
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"_dis": "25 21 22 12 21",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 20 18 18 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Medieval Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 20 19 12 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 21 18 13 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 27 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"a Roman praenomen of Greek derivation"
],
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[
"Roman",
"Roman"
],
[
"praenomen",
"praenomen"
],
[
"Greek",
"Greek"
],
[
"derivation",
"derivation"
]
],
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "25 21 22 12 21",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 20 18 18 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Medieval Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 20 19 12 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 21 18 13 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 27 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Saint Christopher; Christopher Columbus"
],
"id": "en-Christophorus-la-name-BmDWdNa9",
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kʰriːsˈto.pʰo.rus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰriːs̠ˈt̪ɔpʰɔrʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/krisˈto.fo.rus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[krisˈt̪ɔːforus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "Christophorus"
}
{
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"Late Latin",
"Latin 4-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin proper nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms borrowed from Koine Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Koine Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Medieval Latin",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "Cristòfor",
"3": "Cristòfol"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: Cristòfor, Cristòfol",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: Cristòfor, Cristòfol"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "Christoffer",
"3": "Kristoffer"
},
"expansion": "Danish: Christoffer, Kristoffer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Danish: Christoffer, Kristoffer"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "Christoffel",
"3": "Christoforus",
"4": "Christophe",
"5": "Kristof"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: Christoffel, Christoforus, Christophe, Kristof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: Christoffel, Christoforus, Christophe, Kristof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Kristofre",
"3": "Cristofre"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: Kristofre, Cristofre",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: Kristofre, Cristofre"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Christopher",
"3": "Topher"
},
"expansion": "English: Christopher, Topher",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: Christopher, Topher"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "Christophe"
},
"expansion": "French: Christophe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: Christophe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Christophorus",
"3": "Christoph",
"4": "Christoffer"
},
"expansion": "German: Christophorus, Christoph, Christoffer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: Christophorus, Christoph, Christoffer"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "Cristovo"
},
"expansion": "Galician: Cristovo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: Cristovo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "Kristóf",
"3": "Krisztofer"
},
"expansion": "Hungarian: Kristóf, Krisztofer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hungarian: Kristóf, Krisztofer"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "Cristoforo"
},
"expansion": "Italian: Cristoforo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: Cristoforo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "Kristófer"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic: Kristófer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Icelandic: Kristófer"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lij",
"2": "Christoffa",
"3": "Cristoffa"
},
"expansion": "Ligurian: Christoffa, Cristoffa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ligurian: Christoffa, Cristoffa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mt",
"2": "Kristofru"
},
"expansion": "Maltese: Kristofru",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Maltese: Kristofru"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "Christopher",
"3": "Christoffer",
"4": "Kristoffer"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "Cristòl"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: Cristòl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: Cristòl"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "Cristòfuru"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: Cristòfuru",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: Cristòfuru"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "Christóval"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: Christóval",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: Christóval"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "an",
"2": "Cristofo"
},
"expansion": "Aragonese: Cristofo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aragonese: Cristofo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "Cristóbal",
"3": "Tobolito"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: Cristóbal, Tobolito",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: Cristóbal, Tobolito"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "Kristobal"
},
"expansion": "Basque: Kristobal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Basque: Kristobal"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "Kristobal"
},
"expansion": "Tagalog: Kristobal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tagalog: Kristobal"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "Krzysztof"
},
"expansion": "Polish: Krzysztof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Polish: Krzysztof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "Cristóvão"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: Cristóvão",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: Cristóvão"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "Cristofor"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: Cristofor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: Cristofor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "Kerisitofā"
},
"expansion": "Samoan: Kerisitofā",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Samoan: Kerisitofā"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "Christoffer",
"3": "Kristoffer"
},
"expansion": "Swedish: Christoffer, Kristoffer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Swedish: Christoffer, Kristoffer"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "Cristoforo",
"3": "Cristòfoƚo"
},
"expansion": "Venetan: Cristoforo, Cristòfoƚo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetan: Cristoforo, Cristòfoƚo"
}
],
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"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰer-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "Χρῑστός",
"3": "φόρος",
"nocat": "1",
"t1": "Christ",
"t2": "bearing"
},
"expansion": "Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc-koi",
"3": "Χρῑστόφορος",
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"pos": "from <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">Χρῑστός</i> (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">φόρος</i> (phóros, “bearing”)"
},
"expansion": "Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”), literally “Christ-bearer”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grk-pro",
"3": "*pʰérō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "χρῑστός",
"3": "φέρω",
"nocat": "1",
"pos2": "from Proto-Hellenic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"grk-pro\">*pʰérō</i>",
"t1": "anointed one",
"t2": "to bear, bring"
},
"expansion": "χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed one”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, bring”, from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰéreti",
"pos": "from the root <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*bʰer-</i>"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (from the root *bʰer-)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pro",
"2": "*ferō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *ferō",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”), literally “Christ-bearer”), from Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed one”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, bring”, from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (from the root *bʰer-), whence via Proto-Italic *ferō also comes ferō; cf. Chrīstifer.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Chrīstophorus",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstophorī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstophorus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstophorī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstophorō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstophorum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstophorō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstophore",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstifer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstophanus",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Chrīstopherus",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Chrīstophorus<2>"
},
"expansion": "Chrīstophorus m sg (genitive Chrīstophorī); second declension",
"name": "la-proper noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "Late Latin",
"3": "Medieval Latin"
},
"expansion": "(Late Latin, Medieval Latin)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Chrīstophorus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin given names",
"Latin male given names",
"Latin male given names from Ancient Greek"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Chrīstifer, Chrīstophanus, or Chrīstopherus, equivalent to English Christopher"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Chrīstifer",
"Christifer#Latin"
],
[
"Chrīstophanus",
"Christophanus#Latin"
],
[
"Chrīstopherus",
"Christopherus#Latin"
],
[
"Christopher",
"Christopher#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a Roman praenomen of Greek derivation"
],
"links": [
[
"Roman",
"Roman"
],
[
"praenomen",
"praenomen"
],
[
"Greek",
"Greek"
],
[
"derivation",
"derivation"
]
],
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Saint Christopher; Christopher Columbus"
],
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kʰriːsˈto.pʰo.rus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰriːs̠ˈt̪ɔpʰɔrʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/krisˈto.fo.rus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[krisˈt̪ɔːforus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "Christophorus"
}
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