Where does “ローマ・カトリック教会” come from?

ローマ・カトリック教会 (Japanese) comes from Japanese カトリック教会, from Japanese カトリック, from French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός, from Ancient Greek κατά, from Ancient Greek καταστερίζω, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

ローマ・カトリック教会 (Japanese): the Roman Catholic Church

Definitions

  1. the Roman Catholic Church

Ancestry of “ローマ・カトリック教会”, step by step

ローマ・カトリック教会 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese カトリック教会

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseカトリック教会the Catholic Church
2Japaneseカトリックa Catholic
3FrenchcatholiqueCatholic
4Latincatholicuscatholic; pertaining to all kinds of people and...
5Ancient Greekκαθολικόςgeneral
6Ancient Greekκατά
7Ancient Greekκαταστερίζωto place among the stars; I put among the stars
8Ancient Greekἀστήρa celestial body; illustrious person; starfish
9Proto-Hellenicastḗrstar
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

via Japanese ローマ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseローマRome, Roman
2ItalianRomaRome
3LatinRōmaRome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma")
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗrEvery word from Proto-Hellenic astḗr
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