clerc
Old English
noun
Definitions
- clergyman, clerk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin clēricus (one ordained for religious services) derived from Ancient Greek κληρικός (of the clergy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κληρικός
Gloss
of the clergy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Clark English
- Clarkie English
- Clarksdale English
- Clarkson English
- Clarksville English
- cleric English
- clerk English
- clericalis Latin
- clericia Latin
- clericus Latin
- clēricus Latin
- clēricātus Latin
- klerk Dutch, Flemish
- κληρικός Ancient Greek
- κλῆρος Ancient Greek
- *kald- Proto-Indo-European
- clerc Middle English
- klerkr Old Norse
- clerc Old French
- kleriko Esperanto
- klerkur Icelandic
- crego Galician
- kleriko Ido
- cléirech Old Irish
- clerigo Old Portuguese
- clerc Old Occitan
- clerigo Old Spanish