Etymology of the English word Redemptorist
the English word
Redemptoristderived from the French word
rédemptoristederived from the Latin word
redemptor (contractor, undertaker, purveyor)
derived from the Latin word
redemptusderived from the Latin word
redimere (buy back, recover, replace by purchase; redeem; atone for; ransom)
using the Latin prefix
red-derived from the Latin word
emere (buy; gain, acquire)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*em-derived from the Classical Latin word
redemptumDate
The earliest known usage of Redemptorist in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
