Where does “diocese” come from?
diocese (Old French) comes from Latin diocēsis, 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 — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “diocese”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | diocēsis | — |
| 2 | Latin | dioecēsis | diocese |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | διοίκησις | housekeeping, control, government,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διοικέω | to manage, control, govern, administer |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | οἰκέω | I inhabit; I colonize, settle in; I manage,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |