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Andrew Abdalian

“Jesus and Grimace are cousins!” was not a sentence I expected to write today, but here we are. #etymology

An etymological tree of the origins of “Christ” and “Grimace”. at the bottom of the “Christ” branch of the tree is an image of Jesus, and at the bottom of the “Grimace” branch of the tree is the blobby purple McDonald’s character. Both come from the Proto-Indo-European *g”r-ey-, meaning “to rub, paint, anoint” “Christ” came through Ancient Greek χρῑ́ω (khrio), meaning “to smear, anoint, consecrate” from which came Χρῑστός (Khristós) Christ; literally: "the anointed one" from which came English Christ. “Grimace” came through proto-Germanic grīmô (mask, visor), through Old French grimace (a contorted facial expression), and then to English as Grimace.
9 June at 15:41 | Open on lingo.lol
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dragfyre
halva is

@abdalian drinking the grimace shake is an act similar to drinking wine as the blood of jesus

10 June at 11:09 | Open on wetdry.world
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