English
conciliar
Conciliar comes from Latin concilium ‘council, meeting’, from calō ‘to call, announce solemnly, call out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to call out to’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kalō‘to call’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalō‘to call, announce solemnly, call out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcilium‘council, meeting’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconciliōas conciliāris
- Englishearliest quotation 2009conciliar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to call out to’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kalō‘to call’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalō‘to call, announce solemnly, call out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcilium‘council, meeting’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconciliōas conciliāris
- Englishearliest quotation 2009conciliar
Earliest quotation: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years: “The next few years saw increasing tension between those…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call out to’
low, hell, clear, claim, classic, calendar, claire, haul, declare, clarity, classify, proclamation, clarification, reclamation, clarinet, exclamation, reconciliation, squeal, clamor, clamour, clarion, claret, clas, ecclesiastic, ecclesial, 36 more
through Latin calō ‘to call, announce solemnly, call out’
through Latin conciliō
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a council, especially an ecclesiastical council.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- / conciliar