An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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confessor
  خستو  
xastu (#)
Fr.: avouant  

A person who makes a confession.

Etymology (EN): → confess; → -or.

Etymology (PE): Xastu “a person who makes a confession, confessing,” from Mid.Pers. xwastûg “confessing,” xwastûgih “confession;” ultimately from *xva.stavana-, from *xva- “own, one’s own,” + *stau- “to paray, celebrate (in songs), praise” (Pers. sotudan/setây- “to praise”); cf. Av. stau-, stû- “to praise” (āstau- “to confess”); Skt. stav- “to honour, praise;” Gk. steutai “announces solemnly, boasts.”