Etymograph

English

Socinian

Socinian comes from New Latin Sociniānus ‘of or pertaining to Laelius and Faustus Socinus’, and goes back to Latin Socinus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESocinus
  2. New Latinc. 1500–1900Sociniānus‘of or pertaining to Laelius and Faustus Socinus’
  3. EnglishtodaySocinian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESocinus
  2. New Latinc. 1500–1900Sociniānus‘of or pertaining to Laelius and Faustus Socinus’
  3. EnglishtodaySocinian

Today it means

noun A member of a particular nontrinitarian Christian denomination founded in the late 16th century.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Socinus / Socinian