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Where does “clergial” come from?

clergial (English) comes from English clergy, from Middle English clergie, from Old French clergié, from Latin clēricātus, from Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.

clergial (English): learned; erudite; clerical

Definitions

  1. learned; erudite; clerical

Ancestry of “clergial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclergyBody of persons, such as ministers, sheiks,...
2Middle Englishclergie—
3Old Frenchclergiélearned men
4Latinclēricātus—
5Latinclēricus—
6Ancient Greekκληρικόςof or pertaining to clergy; clerical; clergyman
7Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
8Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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