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Christ is the Anglicization of the Greek word χριστος - christos.

Christos comes from the Greek word χρίω - chrio - to anoint, and means 'anointed.' ὁ χριστός ( ho christos) means The Anointed [One].

In Hebrew, 'anointed one' is מָשִׁיחַ - mashiach, and comes from מָשַׁח - mashach - to smear or anoint.

מָשִׁיחַ, in its turn, has been Anglicized to 'Messiah.'

Hence, χριστος is the equivalent of מָשִׁיחַ.

And in English, Christ is the equivalent of Messiah.
מָשִׁיחַ = Māšhîacḥ It has been Anglicized to messiah.

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