köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese clerigo, crerigo, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is allotted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”), from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”), from *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, hew, break,…
an ancient Roman high priest, state minister, pontiff · a pontiff or bishop of the early Christian church, now specifically the Pope
çekim: çoğul pontificēs · tamlayan pontificis
köken: Often interpreted as a compound originally meaning “bridge-maker”, from Proto-Italic *pontifaks, equivalent to pōns, pontis m (“bridge”) + -fex, -ficis m (suffix representing a maker or producer), either metaphorically “one who negotiates between gods and men” or literally if at some point the social class which supplied the priests was more or less identical with engineers that were responsible…
köken: Attested since the 13th century. From the dissimilation of crerigo, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”). See also the doublet clérigo.
ante mi Johan Gonçales, crego de Lugo e bigario de moyto onrrado padre e sennor don Johan, por la graçia de Deus, obispo desse lugar
A fazenda do crego, da a Deus, e leua a o demo
Eu non vin tal entremés: que a un crego lle fagan ter unha freira por muller.