Surprising Doublets: Grime, Christ, and Ghee

Grime, Christ, and ghee share the same Indo-European root!

The word “grimace” is also cognate, coming from French “grimace”, from Frankish *grima (mask), from the Proto-Germanic *grīmô.

Greek Khristos is a calque of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ‎ (māšīaḥ), also meaning “anointed”. Māšīaḥ was also borrowed into Greek and Latin, eventually reaching English as the word “messiah”.

It could therefore be argued that Yəhōšūa Māšīaḥ (Jesus Christ) may be alternately translated into English as “Grimy Josh”.

But… probably best not.