clericus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is allotted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”).

Noun

clēricus m (genitive clēricī); second declension

(Late Latin) a priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric
(Late Latin) a learned man, clerk

Declension

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Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: clergue
→ English: cleric
- ⇒ Welsh: clerigwr
Italian: chierico
→ Old English: clerc
- Middle English: clerc
  - English: clerk
Old Francoprovençal: clergo, clerc
- Franco-Provençal: clerg, clergeon
Old French: clerc
- French: clerc
→ Old Irish: cléirech
- Irish: cléireach
- Manx: cleragh
- Scottish Gaelic: clèireach
Old Leonese: clerigu
Old Galician-Portuguese: clerigo, crerigo
- Galician: crego, clérigo
- Portuguese: clérigo, clergo
→ Romanian: cleric (learned)
Old Spanish: clerico (semi-learned)
- Spanish: clérigo

References

“clericus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
clericus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
clericus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
“clerk”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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