catholic

catholic · adjective¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαθολικός“universal”
2. Latin · derived fromcatholicus
3. Old French · derived fromcatholique
4. English todaycatholic

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).

Catholic · adjective, noun, proper noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαθολικός“universal”
2. Latin · derived fromcatholicus
3. Old French · derived fromcatholique
4. English todayCatholic

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).

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