myEtymology.com: English etymology of catechize

Etymology of the English word catechize

the English word catechize

derived from the Old French word catechiser

derived from the Latin word catechizare (instruct in religion, teach by question and answer, catechize)

derived from the Greek word katechizein, κατηχίζειν

derived from the Greek word katechein, κατηχεῖν (to hold down (fast), in various applications)

using the Greek prefix kata-, κατα-

derived from the Greek word kata, κατά (down)

derived from the Greek word ekhe

derived from the Greek word echein, ἔχω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *segh-

derived from the Greek word katecheo, κατηχέω (to sound down into the ears; to indoctrinate ('catechize') or (genitive case) to apprise of)

derived from the Church Greek word katekhizein