•agape (love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist) · agape (love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others) · agape (spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others)
köken: Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth wide, gape; gaping; opening of a bubu fish trap, basket, etc.”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth”).
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀγαπάω (agapáō) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γᾰ́πη (ăgắpē)der. Latin agapēlbor. Polish agape Learned borrowing from Latin agapē. Doublet of agapa.