Where does “diocēsis” come from?
diocēsis (Latin) comes from Latin dioecēsis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις, from Ancient Greek διοικέω, from Ancient Greek οἰκέω, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “diocēsis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | dioecēsis | diocese |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | διοίκησις | housekeeping, control, government,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | διοικέω | to manage, control, govern, administer |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οἰκέω | I inhabit; I colonize, settle in; I manage,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |