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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Cocooning #47057 11/08/2001 2:49 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered I suspect there's something heretical about this question, but I wonder if chrys/khrûs-/khrûso- (gold) was the root of the name "Christ"? or, if they are even related, is it a chicken/egg question, with gold being named after Him? Does the Big Book (the *other big book, i mean) offer any etymological information for "Christ"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cocooning plutarch 11/07/2001 1:29 AM Re: Cocooning wwh 11/07/2001 2:24 AM Re: . Wordwind 11/07/2001 3:00 AM Re: Cocooning Jackie 11/07/2001 3:08 AM Re: Cocooning stales 11/08/2001 8:29 AM Re: Cocooning Wordwind 11/08/2001 9:48 AM Re: Cocooning Geoff 11/08/2001 1:18 PM Re: Cocooning Anonymous 11/08/2001 2:49 PM christ (lower case c) TEd Remington 11/08/2001 5:41 PM Re: christ (lower case c) Faldage 11/09/2001 1:26 PM Re: christ (lower case c) Geoff 11/09/2001 2:11 PM Re: christ (lower case c) Faldage 11/09/2001 4:43 PM Re: christ (lower case c) Geoff 11/10/2001 12:37 AM annointed? TEd Remington 11/09/2001 5:29 PM Re: annointed? Capital Kiwi 11/10/2001 10:14 AM Re: annointed? Keiva 11/10/2001 12:06 PM Re: Cocooning stales 11/09/2001 2:36 AM Re: Cocooning Wordwind 11/09/2001 1:14 PM Re: crysallis Faldage 11/08/2001 2:56 PM Re: Cocooning Keiva 11/10/2001 12:18 PM Re: Cocooning Wordwind 11/10/2001 12:45 PM Re: Cocooning Jackie 11/07/2001 3:03 AM Re: Cocooning Keiva 11/07/2001 8:37 PM Re: Cocooning wwh 11/08/2001 1:04 AM Re: Cocooning Jackie 11/08/2001 3:34 AM Re: Cocooning Faldage 11/09/2001 2:11 PM Re: Cocooning musick 11/10/2001 5:56 PM Re: Cocooning Capital Kiwi 11/10/2001 8:04 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,378 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,204 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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