iglesia
Classical Nahuatl
[i.leːˈsí.jaʔ]
noun
Definitions
- (colonial) it is a church.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian iglesia (church) derived from Old Spanish eglesia derived from Latin eclesia, ecclēsia (church) derived from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (congregation, assembly, gathering, meeting, those called together).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐκκλησία
Gloss
congregation, assembly, gathering, meeting, those called together
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *eclesia Latin
- ecclesia Latin
- ecclēsia Latin
- eclesia Latin
- chiesa Italian
- église French
- anteiglesia Spanish, Castilian
- iglesia Spanish, Castilian
- ἐκκλησία Ancient Greek
- ἐκκλησίᾱ Ancient Greek
- ἔκκλητος Ancient Greek
- igreja Portuguese
- eglise Old French
- eklezio Esperanto
- església Catalan, Valencian
- कलीसिया Hindi
- εκκλησία Greek (modern)
- eglwys Welsh
- eclais Old Irish
- kishë Albanian
- 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉 Gothic
- ygreja Old Portuguese
- ეკლესია Georgian
- glesie Friulian
- کلیسیا Urdu
- eglesia Old Spanish
- iglesia Papiamentu
- dlieja Ladin
- cesa Istriot
- ecclesia Interlingua
- eigreija Mirandese
- ekalesia Samoan
- ikelesia Palauan
- eglesia Old Leonese
- iglesia Navarro-Aragonese