godparent

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
  2. A child's designated guardian in the case that the child's parents die.

词形变化

godparents plural

词汇关系

衍生词
fairy godparent godparental godparenthood godparenting

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós?
Proto-Germanic *gudą
Proto-West Germanic *god
Old English god
Middle English god
English god
English god-
English parent
English godparent
From god- + parent, modelled after godfather, godmother, godsib, etc.
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