Anonymous ID: 1e7809 Dec. 5, 2020, 4:53 p.m. No.11918553   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8620 >>8627 >>8631

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X means Christ, it comes from Greek. Original language of the gospels.

 

Xmas (also X-mas) is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas. It is sometimes pronounced /ˈɛksməs/, but Xmas, and variants such as Xtemass, originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation /ˈkrɪsməs/. The "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Christós (Greek: Χριστός), which became Christ in English.[1] The suffix -mas is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass.[2]

There is a common misconception that the word Xmas stems from a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas[3] by taking the "Christ" out of "Christmas", but its use dates back to the 16th century.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas