köken: From Middle Dutch holocaust, from Latin holocaustum, from the neuter of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos). The shift to masculine was influenced by Middle French holocauste. The meaning “genocide” derives from English holocaust.
holocaust (among the ancient Hebrews, a sacrifice in which the victim was completely consumed by fire) · holocaust (victim offered in this sacrifice) · massacre, slaughter (killing of a large number of human beings)
çekim: çoğul holocaustos
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese holocausto, a learned borrowing from Latin holocaustum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστον (holókauston), from ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”).