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Where does “καθολικός” come from?

καθολικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek κατά, from Ancient Greek καταστερίζω, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ, from Proto-Hellenic astḗr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

καθολικός (Ancient Greek): general

Definitions

  1. general

Ancestry of “καθολικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκατά
2Ancient Greekκαταστερίζωto place among the stars; I put among the stars
3Ancient Greekἀστήρa celestial body; illustrious person; starfish
4Proto-Hellenicastḗrstar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

Words derived from “καθολικός”

  • Catholic
  • catholic
  • catholicity
  • catholicism
  • catholicos
  • catholicon
  • Catholicize
  • anticatholic
  • catholicize
  • Catholically
  • Catholicise
  • catholicly
  • diacatholicon
  • acatholic
  • catholicise
  • anti-Catholicism
  • catholicness
  • Catholics
  • Anglo-Catholic
  • catholicus
  • anticatólico
  • católico
  • anglo-católico
  • catolizar
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