Antecrist
Middle English
Alternative forms
- Anticrist, auntecrist, onticrist, Anntecrist, antcrist, ancrist
- (Ormulum) Anntecrist
Etymology
From Middle French antecrist, antichrist, from Medieval Latin Antichristus, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίχριστος (Antíkhristos). Compare Old English Antecrist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /antɛˈkriːst/, /antiˈkriːst/
Descendants
- English: Antichrist
- Scots: Antichrist
References
- “Antecrīst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Old English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Antichristus, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίχριστος (Antíkhristos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑn.teˌkrist/
Declension
Declension of Antecrist (strong a-stem)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Antecrist”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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