. . "Proselytism /\u02C8pr\u0252s\u0259l\u0268\u02CCt\u026Az\u0259m/ is the act of attempting to convert people to another religion or opinion. The word proselytize is derived from the Greek language prefix \u03C0\u03C1\u03BF\u03C3- (pros-, toward) and the verb \u1F14\u03C1\u03C7\u03BF\u03BC\u03B1\u03B9 (\u00E9rchomai, to come) in the form of \u03C0\u03C1\u03BF\u03C3\u03AE\u03BB\u03C5\u03C4\u03BF\u03C2 (pros\u00E9lytos, a new comer). Historically in the Koine Greek Septuagint and New Testament, the word proselyte denoted a gentile who was considering conversion to Judaism."@en . . .