Abbot Definition
Other Word Forms of Abbot
Noun
Origin of Abbot
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From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin abbās (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbas), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Compare abba, abbé.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English abbod from Old English from Late Latin abbās abbāt- from Greek abbā, abbās from Aramaic ’abbā my father ℵb in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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