clèrc
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) clerk
Etymology
Inherited from Old French clerc inherited 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
- cleric English
- clericalis Latin
- clericia Latin
- clericus Latin
- clēricus Latin
- clēricātus Latin
- klerk Dutch, Flemish
- clerc French
- κληρικός Ancient Greek
- κλῆρος Ancient Greek
- *kald- Proto-Indo-European
- clerc Old English
- clerc Old French
- kleriko Esperanto
- crego Galician
- kleriko Ido
- cléirech Old Irish
- clèrcot Norman
- clerigo Old Portuguese
- clerc Old Occitan
- clerigo Old Spanish