Given name & surname · also Old French
Catholic
“universal”
Catholic is a surname from Old French, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Catholic goes back to Ancient Greek καθολικός, meaning “universal.”
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Where it comes from
Catholic comes from Old French, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (“universal”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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