English
abuna
Abuna comes from Amharic አቡነ ‘bishop’.
- Amharicmodernአቡነʾäbunä‘bishop’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009abuna
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Amharicmodernአቡነʾäbunä‘bishop’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009abuna
Earliest quotation: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: “Around these leaders are still numerous hereditary dynasties of…”
Every English word from Amharic አቡነ
Today it means
noun The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Amharic አቡነ / abuna