catholic=كاثوليكي
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catholic=كاثوليكي
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
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catholic
(adj.)
- mid-14c., "of the doctrines
of the ancient Church," literally "universally accepted,"
from French catholique, from Late Latin catholicus "universal,
general," from Greek katholikos, from phrase kath' holou "on
the whole, in general," from kata "about" + genitive
of holos "whole" (see safe
(adj.)). Applied to the Church in Rome c.1554, after the
Reformation began. General sense of "of interest to all,
universal" is from 1550s. As a noun, attested from 1560s.
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