Christianitas

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der.

Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós)

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Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַsl.

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Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐsl.

Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der.

Latin Chrīstus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānus

Latin Chrīstiānus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin Chrīstiānitās

From Chrīstiānus + -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰriːs.tiˈaː.nɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kris.tiˈaː.ni.tas]

Proper noun

Chrīstiānitās f (genitive Chrīstiānitātis); third declension

1. Christianity
2. Christendom

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Chrīstiānitās	Chrīstiānitātēs
genitive	Chrīstiānitātis	Chrīstiānitātum
dative	Chrīstiānitātī	Chrīstiānitātibus
accusative	Chrīstiānitātem	Chrīstiānitātēs
ablative	Chrīstiānitāte	Chrīstiānitātibus
vocative	Chrīstiānitās	Chrīstiānitātēs

Descendants

• Aromanian: crishtinãtati, crãshtinãtati
• Catalan: cristiandat
• English: Christianity
• French: chrétienté
• Italian: cristianità
• Friulian: cristianitât
• Galician: cristiandade
• Old French: crestiente
• Portuguese: cristandade
• Romanian: creștinătate
• Spanish: cristiandad

References

• “Christianitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Christianitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.