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only-begotten

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.73 in modern English

Syllables
on-ly-be-got-ten
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being the only child of one’s parent (especially one’s father)

adj

One of the attributes of Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God the Father.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English oonlybigeten, equivalent to only + begotten. Compare also Middle English only geten, oonly geten (“only-begotten”, literally “only-gotten”) and Middle English onbygoten, oon be-gotyn, one bygeten, oon bigetun, oon bigeten (“only-begotten”, literally “one-begotten”). Calque of Latin ūnigenitus, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μονογενής (monogenḗs).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: oonlybigeten, μονογενής

Questions

What does only-begotten mean?
Being the only child of one’s parent (especially one’s father)
Where does only-begotten come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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