Where does “anticléricalisme” come from?
anticléricalisme (French) comes from French cléricalisme, from French clérical, from Latin clēricālis, from Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
anticléricalisme (French): anticlericalism
Definitions
- anticlericalism
Ancestry of “anticléricalisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cléricalisme | clericalism |
| 2 | French | clérical | clerical |
| 3 | Latin | clēricālis | clerical, priestly |
| 4 | Latin | clēricus | a priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κληρικός | of or pertaining to clergy; clerical; clergyman |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |