Christophorus
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɪsˈtɔ.fo.ʁʊs/, /-fə-/
Proper noun
Christophorus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Christophorus' or Christophori)
- Saint Christopher
- a male given name of rare usage
Related terms
- Christoph
Latin
Alternative forms
- Chrīstifer, Chrīstophanus, Chrīstopherus
Etymology
From Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, literally “Christ-bearer”) from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”), from Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed one”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, bring”) from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti from the root *bʰer-, whence via Proto-Italic *ferō also comes ferō; cf. Chrīstifer.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʰriːsˈto.pʰo.rus/, [kʰriːs̠ˈt̪ɔpʰɔrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /krisˈto.fo.rus/, [krisˈt̪ɔːforus]
Proper noun
Chrīstophorus m sg (genitive Chrīstophorī); second declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Chrīstifer, Chrīstophanus, or Chrīstopherus, equivalent to English Christopher
- a Roman praenomen of Greek derivation
- Saint Christopher; Christopher Columbus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Chrīstophorus |
Genitive | Chrīstophorī |
Dative | Chrīstophorō |
Accusative | Chrīstophorum |
Ablative | Chrīstophorō |
Vocative | Chrīstophore |
Descendants
- Catalan: Cristòfor, Cristòfol
- Danish: Christoffer, Kristoffer
- Dutch: Christoffel, Christoforus, Christophe, Kristof
- Middle English: Kristofre, Cristofre
- English: Christopher, Topher
- French: Christophe
- German: Christophorus, Christoph, Christoffer
- Galician: Cristovo
- Hungarian: Kristóf, Krisztofer
- Italian: Cristoforo
- Icelandic: Kristófer
- Ligurian: Christoffa, Cristoffa
- Maltese: Kristofru
- Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer
- Occitan: Cristòl
- Sicilian: Cristòfuru
- Old Spanish: Christóval
- Aragonese: Cristofo
- Spanish: Cristóbal, Tobolito
- Basque: Kristobal
- Tagalog: Kristobal
- Polish: Krzysztof
- Portuguese: Cristóvão
- Romanian: Cristofor
- Samoan: Kerisitofā
- Swedish: Christoffer, Kristoffer
- Venetian: Cristoforo, Cristòfoƚo
Further reading
- Christopher - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Christopher. Baby Names UK
- Chrīstophorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Chrīstophorus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Chrīstophorus in Stadler, Johannes Evangelista; Heim, Franz Joseph; Ginal, Johann Nepomuk (1858–1882) Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon oder Lebensgeschichten aller Heiligen, Seligen etc. aller Orte und aller Jahrhunderte [Complete Holy Lexicon and Life Stories of Saints, Blessed, etc...], Augsburg: Schmid'sche, page 609/2