Where does “bazylika” come from?

bazylika (Polish) comes from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική, from Ancient Greek βασιλεύς, from Proto-Hellenic gʷatiléus — chief; king.

bazylika (Polish): basilica

Definitions

  1. basilica

Ancestry of “bazylika”, step by step

bazylika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin basilica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbasilicabasilica; church; oblong hall with colonnade as a...
2Ancient Greekβασιλικήbasilica; royal thing; royal
3Ancient Greekβασιλεύςchief, master; king, lord, patron
4Proto-Hellenicgʷatiléuschief; king

via Old Polish bazylika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishbazylikabasil
2Late Latinbasilicum—
3Ancient Greekβᾰσῐλῐκόςroyal, kingly, regal

Words derived from “bazylika”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic gʷatiléus →Every word from Ancient Greek βασιλεύς →Every word from Ancient Greek βασιλική →
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