Etymograph

English

Unigenitus

Unigenitus comes from Latin ūnigenitus ‘only begotten’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnigenitus‘only begotten’
  2. EnglishtodayUnigenitus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnigenitus‘only begotten’
  2. EnglishtodayUnigenitus

The story

From Latin ūnigenitus (‘only begotten’); its opening words were "unigenitus dei filius", meaning "only begotten son of God".

Today it means

name An apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Clement XI in 1713, which condemned 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel.

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

Etymograph / Latin ūnigenitus / Unigenitus