prophet
/pˈɹɒfət/PRO-fuht
/pˈɹɑfət/PRAH-fuht
Meaninga forth-speaker
Common meaning: a messenger of divine will
Other meanings: one who foretells
- proforward; forth
- phetto say, speak outLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 230 · scan
‘forward’ + ‘to say, speak out’ → prophet
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek φημί ‘to say, speak out’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry φημί, p. 230 · dictionary scan
Roots
- φημί Greek “to say, speak out”
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