This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jujutsuan (talk | contribs) at 21:50, 11 May 2016 (added ref). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 21:50, 11 May 2016 by Jujutsuan (talk | contribs) (added ref)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) | The topic of this article may not meet Misplaced Pages's notability guideline for neologisms. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "Xian" abbreviation – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Xian" abbreviation – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Xian is a common abbreviation for the word Christian. The X comes from the Greek letter Chi, the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, Khristós, Latinized as Christus, and ultimately Anglicized as Christ. The -ian is an adjectival suffix originating from the equivalent Latin suffix -ianus. The abbreviation follows a pattern similar to that of Xmas. It is generally reserved for highly informal writing.
References
- Garman, Michael (1990). Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0521276411.
- "X n. 10.". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
 | This Christianity-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
 | This linguistics article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |