baptizand

Meaning

Noun

• a person about to submit to baptism.
• a person who has been baptized

Origin

• From the Ancient Greek verb Βαπτιζω [βαπτω], to immerse, to plunge, later to baptize
• Also note:
• βάπτω (vb) to dip in something (root from the ancient Greek); New Testament Greek: βαπτίζω (vb) to dip, immerse; βαπτιμός (noun) a dipping, a washing(i.e., of dishes or a table), ritual washings. (Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature; 1957, pp. 131-132)