clérigo

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 alloted, 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, destroy, kill”).

• Hyphenation: clé‧ri‧go

clérigo m (plural clérigos)

1. cleric, clergyman

Inherited from Old Spanish clerigo, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleɾiɡo/ [ˈkle.ɾi.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɾiɡo
• Syllabification: clé‧ri‧go

clérigo m (plural clérigos, feminine clériga, feminine plural clérigas)

1. clergyman
2. clerk

• “clérigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014