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diatessaron

(dī′ə tes′ə rän′)

noun

the four Gospels combined into a single account

Origin: L(Ec) < Gr(Ec) (Evangelion) dia tessarōn, lit., (Gospel) through four, title of Tatian's harmony of four Gospels (2d c.) < Gr dia, through + tessarōn, gen. of tessares, four < IE base *kwetwer-, four

See diatessaron in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The four Gospels combined into a single narrative.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, interval of a fourth

Origin: , from Latin diatessarōn, made of four (ingredients)

Origin: , from Greek dia tessarōn, out of four

Origin: : dia, according to; see dia-

Origin: + tessarōn

Origin: , genitive of tessares, four; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots

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