abbot

(ab′ət)

noun

a man who is head of an abbey of monks

Origin: OE abbod < LL(Ec) abbas < LGr(Ec) < Aram abbā, father

Abbot, Charles Greeley 1872-1973; U.S. astrophysicist

See abbot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English abbod

Origin: , from Old English

Origin: , from Late Latin abbās, abbāt-

Origin: , from Greek abbā, abbās

Origin: , from Aramaic ’abbā, my father; see אb in Semitic roots

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