English
liturgical
Liturgical comes from Latin lītūrgicus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElītūrgicus
- Englishearliest quotation 1974liturgical
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElītūrgicus
- Englishearliest quotation 1974liturgical
Earliest quotation: 1974, A. Nolder Gay, The View from the Closet: “Our almost liturgical repetition of the phrase "gay brothers…”
Formed from lītūrgicus + -al
Every English word from Latin lītūrgicus
Today it means
adj Pertaining to liturgy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lītūrgicus / liturgical