Where does “ekumeniczny” come from?
ekumeniczny (Polish) comes from English ecumenical, from English ecumenic, from French œcuménique, from Late Latin oecumenicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκουμενικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
ekumeniczny (Polish): ecumenic, ecumenical
Definitions
- ecumenic, ecumenical
Ancestry of “ekumeniczny”, step by step
ekumeniczny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ecumenical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ecumenical | Pertaining to the universal Church, representing... |
| 2 | English | ecumenic | Ecumenical |
| 3 | French | œcuménique | œcumenic, ecumenic, ecumenical |
| 4 | Late Latin | oecumenicus | Of or pertaining to whole inhabited world;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | οἰκουμενικός | from or open to the whole world |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via German ökumenisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ökumenisch | ecumenical |
| 2 | German | -isch | an adjectival suffix, often matching -ic and... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -isch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -isc | used to form adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |