Sunday, 5 January 2025

Do you speak a little Greek when you say 'agape'?

'Agape' is a word borrowed from Greek 'agape'. The word entered the English language some time around 1607.


agape [noun] [1607]
  • love feast
  • love
See 'agape' on the Loan Words Map

See more loan words from Greek.

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek 'agapē' literally, love
See more loan words from 1600s.


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