Where does “romkatolika” come from?

romkatolika (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Romo, from Latin Rōma — Rome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma").

romkatolika (Esperanto): Roman Catholic

Definitions

  1. Roman Catholic

Ancestry of “romkatolika”, step by step

romkatolika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto Romo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoRomoRome
2LatinRōmaRome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma")

via Esperanto katolika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantokatolikaCatholic
Every word from Latin Rōma →Every word from Esperanto Romo →