# WTF is up with "Chrest/Chrestians"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-chrest-chrestians/800129>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-chrest-chrestians/800129 "2017-10-29T10:00:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-chrest-chrestians/800129/61 "2017-11-01T21:37:59Z")

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> Quoth **EdelweissPirate** :
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> OP, that’s what you get for hanging out on Quora. Those people can’t even see that “monologue” is a false etymology. Crikey! \</s\>

Who the what now? “Monologue” can’t be a false etymology, because it’s not an etymology at all. It’s a word. And the only conceivable etymology I can see for it is the Greek roots for “one word”, meaning only one person speaking.

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**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-chrest-chrestians/800129/62 "2017-11-02T01:17:24Z")

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> [@DPRK](#):
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> Is there any doubt that Chrestus is a real name and not just a typo? Eg I remember some… interesting epigrams by Marcus Valerius concerning Chrestina, as well as Chrestus.

No cite, but I do recall reading that Chrestus was not an uncommon name, and this helps to explain why people who are only vaguely aware of the Christian movement might have formed the impression that the central figure was called Chrestus.

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