What is sad is that they cling to a man made doctrine and try to convince us that the Greek language is very clear.. presbyters are not priests and priests are not presbyters... There no priesthood in the NT church that God designed ..no more sacrifices for sin, Jesus was the final sacrifice and the final priest....
I'm sure this has been gone over, but still . . .
From the Online Etymology Dictionary:
priest O.E. preost, shortened from the older Gmc. form represented by O.S., O.H.G. prestar, O.Fris. prestere, from V.L. *prester "priest," from L.L. presbyter "presbyter, elder," from Gk. presbyteros (see Presbyterian). In O.T. sense, a translation of Heb. kohen, Gk. hiereus, L. sacerdos.