Morpheme
Cl
Type
bound base
Denotation
call, summon
Etymology
Latinized -clēsia, from -clētus; Ancient Greek -klēsía, from klētós, from kaleîn
Evidence
ecclesia, ecclesiae, ecclesial, ecclesias, ecclesiast, Ecclesiastes, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, ecclesiastically, ecclesio-, ecclesiologic, ecclesiological, ecclesiologically, ecclesiologist, ecclesiology, paraclete, paracletes, paracletic
Alternative Base Analysis
<Ecclesi> denoting “ecclesia, assembly, congregation, summoning, calling forth”
alternative modern base analysis without interfixal construction -esio-
from ecclesia (<ec- + Cl + -esia>), from Latin ecclēsia; Ancient Greek ekklēsía, from ékklētos + -íā, from ekkalésein + -tos, from ek- + kaleîn
ecclesio-, ecclesiologic, ecclesiological, ecclesiologically, ecclesiologist, ecclesiology
