(May 31, 2015 at 7:14 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(May 31, 2015 at 6:34 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Honest question: what is the etymology of "Catholic"? Does it have anything to do with worshiping Cathol?
Quote:catholic (adj.) mid-14c., "of the doctrines of the ancient Church," literally "universally accepted," from French catholique, from Church Latin catholicus "universal, general," from Greek katholikos, from phrase kath' holou "on the whole, in general," from kata "about" + genitive of holos "whole" (see safe (adj.)). Applied to the Church in Rome c. 1554, after the Reformation began. General sense of "of interest to all, universal" is from 1550s.
Catholic (n.) "member of the Roman Catholic church," 1560s, from Catholic (adj.).
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=catholic
Kath' holou? CD, anything you want to tell us?
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