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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

  1. anticlericalism

Ancestry of “anticléricalisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcléricalismeclericalism
2Frenchcléricalclerical
3Latinclēricālis—
4Latinclēricus—
5Ancient Greekκληρικόςof or pertaining to clergy; clerical; clergyman
6Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
7Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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