English
Introibo
Introibo comes from Ecclesiastical Latin introībō ad altāre Deī ‘I shall go in towards the altar of God’.
- Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500introībō ad altāre Deī‘I shall go in towards the altar of God’
- Englishearliest quotation 1959Introibo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500introībō ad altāre Deī‘I shall go in towards the altar of God’
- Englishearliest quotation 1959Introibo
Earliest quotation: 1959, Henri Béchard, The Visions of Bernard Francis de Hoyos: “At the Introibo he noticed at his right, as…”
Every English word from Ecclesiastical Latin introībō ad altāre Deī
Today it means
noun The prayers spoken by the priest at the foot of the altar at the start of a Tridentine Mass.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ecclesiastical Latin introībō ad altāre Deī / Introibo