Thecla

The story

1. Koine Greek · derived fromΘέκλα
2. Late Latin · borrowed fromThecla
3. English todayThecla

From Late Latin Thecla, from Koine Greek Θέκλα (Thékla), chiefly for St Thecla, an apocryphal early Christian martyr whose name might derive from hellenicization of a local Luwic name or from some contraction of θεο- (theo-, “God, God's, godly”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “glory”).