English

hypodeacon

Calque of Russian иподиа́кон (ipodiákon).

Equivalent to hypo- + deacon

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος ‘servant, minister’

Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus

Old English diacon

Middle English deken ‘a deacon’

Today it means

noun Synonym of subdeacon.

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

Etymograph / hypodeacon