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Where does “ἐκκλησίᾱ” come from?

ἐκκλησίᾱ (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ἐκκλησίᾱ (Ancient Greek): assembly; congregation, church

Definitions

  1. assembly; congregation, church

Ancestry of “ἐκκλησίᾱ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
2Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “ἐκκλησίᾱ”

  • ecclesiastical
  • ecclesiastic
  • ecclesia
  • ecclesiasticism
  • ecclesiastically
  • unecclesiastical
  • nonecclesiastical
  • antiecclesiastical
  • nonecclesiastic
  • ecclesiasticus
  • ecclesiola
  • eclesia
  • ecclesia
  • anteiglesia
  • iglesia
  • ecclesiastico
  • ecclesiasticamente
  • chiesa
  • chiesucola
  • ecclesiasticità
  • église
  • anti-igreja
  • igreja
  • eclesiástico
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