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Esperanto
Verb
baptis
- past of bapti
Indonesian
Etymology
From Portuguese baptismo, from Old Galician-Portuguese batismo, bautismo, baptismo, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I immerse, plunge”). Compare to Turkish vaftiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: bap‧tis
Noun
baptis (plural baptis-baptis)
- (Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism) baptism.
Derived terms
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
baptis
- Alternative form of bapteme
Etymology 2
Verb
baptis
- Alternative form of baptisen