prophet English · revision 13517

− It is [[bor|fro|prophete]] and directly from Latin prophēta,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Greek [[m|grc|προφήτης|tr=prophḗtēs|t=interpreter, spokesman of the gods]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from pro-, before, for, and the root of phánai, to speak.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) The Greek word translated Hebrew nābī in the Septuagint;^(Etymonline) early Latin writers used vātēs, but the Christian prophēta won out, probably because of vātēs's pagan associations.^(Etymonline)