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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
ECCLESIASTIC.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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ECCLESIASTIC,
belonging to the church. (L.,—Gk.) Chaucer
has ecclesiast, sb., C. T. 1710, 15335. Selden,
on Drayton's Polyolbion, s. I. and 8, has both ecclesiastic
and ecclesiastical (R.)—Low Lat. ecclesiasticus.—Gk.
ἐκκλησιαστικός, belonging to the
ἐκκλησία, i.e. assembly, church.—Gk.
ἔκκλητος, summoned.—Gk.
ἐκκαλέω, I call forth, summon.—Gk.
ἐκ, out; and
καλέω, I call. See
Claim. Der.
ecclesiast-ic-al.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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