gereza.
prison, jail
Meaning & usage
prison, jail
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Ancient Greek κᾰλέω (kăléō) Ancient Greek ἐκκαλέω (ekkaléō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek ἔκκλητος (ékklētos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía)bor. Latin ecclēsiaslbor. Old Galician-Portuguese igreja Portuguese igrejabor. Swahili gereza Borrowed from Portuguese igreja (“church”), from Latin ecclēsia.
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