English Explanatory Dictionary

artos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.

Word forms

artos artoi

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρτος (ắrtos)bor. English artos Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “leavened loaf”), probably from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀵 (a-to), from the compound word 𐀀𐀵𐀡𐀦 (a-to-po-qo, “bakers”). Compare Greek αρτοποιός (artopoiós, “baker”).

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