Etymology of the Latin word canonicus
the Latin word
canonicus (canon; member of cathedral canonry; clergyman; canonical, by canons, legal; mathematician, theorist; one who constructs mathematical; regular; secular; by math divisions of monochord)
derived from the Greek word
kanonikos, κανονικός
derived from the Greek word
kanon, κανών (a rule ('canon'); a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary; a sphere (of activity))
Derivations in Latin
canonicatus,
canonicalisDerivations in other languages
Anglo-French
canunie, French
chanoine, French
canonique, Italian
canonico, Portuguese
canônico, Spanish
canónicoUsage
Word found in Late Latin, Church Latin
