"prophete" meaning in Old French

See prophete in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: prophete oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], prophetes [oblique, plural], prophetes [nominative, singular], prophete [nominative, plural], profete [alternative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to say”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:lbor|la:prophēta<id:prophet>|id=prophet|text=++}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "prophet", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "prophet", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "toward", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "fare", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pér", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-o", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pró", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πρό", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "προ-", "gloss" : "before", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "speak", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "speak", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "φημί", "gloss" : "to say", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-της", "gloss" : "-er", "lang" : "grc", "pos" : "masculine agent-noun suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "προφήτης", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "prophēta", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "prophete", "lang" : "fro" }" data-id="prophet" data-lang="fro" data-title="prophete" id="Old_French:_prophet"> Learned borrowing from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to say”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix). Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} prophete oblique singular, m (oblique plural prophetes, nominative singular prophetes, nominative plural prophete)
  1. prophet (chiefly Biblical, with respect to Christianity)
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Download raw JSONL data for prophete meaning in Old French (6.2kB)

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