Abbot: etymology, origin, and the ‘abba’ of cross-cultural authority |
The Wordle word of the day on December 28 was abbot, a word that arrives from a time when authority did not apologise for itself. It did not seek relatability or reassurance. It was named, fixed, and understood. Derived from the Aramaic abba, meaning “father,” the word travelled through Greek and Latin before settling into…