English Explanatory Dictionary

Melanchthon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. Philip Melanchthon, successor to Martin Luther as leader of the Reformation.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of Philip Melanchthon.

Word forms

Melanchthon Melancton Melancthon

Etymology

Translation of the old German surname Schwartzerdt, meaning "black earth" into Greek.

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