shepherd · one who looks after the flock of the faithful · a priest in his function as a spiritual carer
çekim: çoğul pasteurs
köken: Inherited from Middle French pasteur, from Old French pastur, pastor, an accusative form corresponding originally to nominative pastre (whence modern pâtre), from Latin pastor, pastōrem. Early on was there a tendency towards functional split, the original accusative being influenced by the Latin etymon and used particularly in religious context. This influence also explains the survival of the…
köken: Ca. 1500, borrowed from Latin domine, vocative of dominus (“mister, sir, lord”). Originally also used of Catholic priests and more broadly of other respected individuals (especially medical doctors). The restriction to Protestantism appears to be from the 18th century. The final -ee either represents a learned pronunciation or has to do with the two consecutive unstressed syllables (cf. Afrikaans…
ecclesiastical priest (Christian clergyman who performs masses) · father (term of address for a priest) · father (male parent)
çekim: çoğul padres
eş: padreca
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of pai.