ㆍ Christ learned respelling of
< ME, OE Crist
< L. Christ(us)
< GK. Christos, the Anointed, trans. of Heb. mashiah (https://www.korean.go.kr/nkview/nklife/2010_1/2010_0106.pdf)
What do 'Me, OE', 'L.', 'GK', 'trans.' mean?
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< ME, OE Crist
< L. Christ(us)
< GK. Christos, the Anointed, trans. of Heb. mashiah (https://www.korean.go.kr/nkview/nklife/2010_1/2010_0106.pdf)
What do 'Me, OE', 'L.', 'GK', 'trans.' mean?
These are abbreviations used in dictionary entries. Every dictionary has its own conventions, and in paper dictionaries these are generally spelled out somewhere near the front or back cover. As it happens, in this case the meaning of each abbreviation is fairly clear without such a guide:
Historically, these abbreviations were used to save space on paper. Modern electronic dictionaries do sometimes use abbreviations like this, but they tend not to since they don't need to save paper.
The PDF you quoted doesn't give a source for the definition, but I think it's from an older print copy of the Random House Unabridged Dictionary. In its newer electronic edition, the abbreviations are spelled out:
learned respelling of Middle English, Old English Crīst < Latin Chrīstus < Greek chrīstos anointed, translation of Hebrew māshīaḥ anointed, Messiah
One convention which you didn't ask about, and which is not spelled out here, is the use of <
(the less-than sign) to represent 'from'. When an etymology says A < B
, it means that A comes from B, and you can pronounce it 'from' when you read the etymology aloud.
Maybe... ME, OE mean Modern English, Old English.
L. mean Latin.
GK. mean Greek.
trans. mean transform.