κληρικός
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- of or pertaining to clergy; clerical
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek κλῆρος (a lot, clergy, lot, a casting lots, piece of wood for casting lots, what is alloted, drawing lots).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κλῆρος
Gloss
a lot, clergy, lot, a casting lots, piece of wood for casting lots, what is alloted, drawing lots
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cleric English
- kleros English
- clericalis Latin
- clericia Latin
- clericus Latin
- clerus Latin
- clēricus Latin
- clēricātus Latin
- clērus Latin
- chierico Italian
- klerk Dutch, Flemish
- клирос Russian
- clérigo Spanish, Castilian
- κλῆρος Ancient Greek
- ναύκληρος Ancient Greek
- ὁλόκληρος Ancient Greek
- *kald- Proto-Indo-European
- *kleh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kola- Proto-Indo-European
- clérigo Portuguese
- *hultą Proto-Germanic
- clerc Old English
- clerc Old French
- kleriko Esperanto
- clergue Catalan, Valencian
- cregaxe Galician
- crego Galician
- ολόκληρος Greek (modern)
- kleriko Ido
- cléirech Old Irish
- clerigo Old Portuguese
- clerc Old Occitan
- clerigo Old Spanish