The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβᾰσῐλῐκή
- Latin · borrowed frombasilica
- English todaybasilica
Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐκή (băsĭlĭkḗ), from βᾰσῐλῐκὴ στοά (băsĭlĭkḕ stoá, “royal hall”), ultimately from βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, chief”). Doublet of basoche.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.