chrestomathy

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• /kɹɛˈstɒməθi/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gher-der. Ancient Greek χρηστός (khrēstós) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *men(s)dhh1-der. Proto-Hellenic *mənthánō Ancient Greek μᾰνθᾰ́νω (mănthắnō) Ancient Greek χρηστομᾰθέω (khrēstomăthéō) Ancient Greek χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ (khrēstomắtheiă) English chrestomathy From Ancient Greek χρηστομάθεια (khrēstomátheia, “useful for learning”).

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: crestomatía — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Belarusian: хрэстама́тыя (xrestamátyja) — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Catalan: crestomatia — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Esperanto: krestomatio — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Finnish: krestomatia — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Finnish: lukemisto — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Finnish: lukukirja — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• French: chrestomathie — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Galician: crestomatía — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• German: Chrestomathie — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Ido: krestomatio — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Polish: chrestomatia — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Russian: хрестома́тия (xrestomátija) — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Spanish: crestomatía — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Swedish: krestomati — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Swedish: läsebok — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Ukrainian: хрестома́тія (xrestomátija) — collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
• Finnish: krestomatia — collection of choice passages from an author or authors
• Finnish: lukemisto — collection of choice passages from an author or authors
• Italian: crestomazia — collection of choice passages from an author or authors
• Russian: хрестома́тия (xrestomátija) — collection of choice passages from an author or authors
• Russian: антоло́гия (antológija) — collection of choice passages from an author or authors
• Yiddish: כרעסטאָמאַטיע (khrestomatye) — collection of choice passages from an author or authors