Where does “diocese” come from?
Diocese comes from Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Latin dioecesis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις meaning administration or management.
diocese (English): Administrative division of the later Roman...
Definitions
- Administrative division of the later Roman...
Ancestry of “diocese”, step by step
diocese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French diocèse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | diocèse | diocese |
| 2 | German | Diözese | diocese |
| 3 | Italian | diocesi | diocese |
| 4 | Spanish | diócesis | diocese |
| 5 | Late Latin | diocesis | — |
| 6 | Latin | dioecēsis | diocese |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διοίκησις | housekeeping, control, government,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διοικέω | to manage, control, govern, administer |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | οἰκέω | I inhabit; I colonize, settle in; I manage,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |