preost
Middle English
Noun
preost
- Alternative form of prest (“priest”)
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).
Noun
prēost m
- priest
Descendants
- Middle English: prest, preest
- English: priest
- Scots: preest, priest
- Old Norse: prestr
- Faroese: prestur
- Icelandic: prestur