“The term 'catholic' (katholikos, a Greek word adopted by the Latin Church) does not mean universal (that is, 'inclusive,' 'encompassing,' and hence by implication to some degree bounding) but rather, in its Greek etymology, kata + holos, through-the-whole, outgoing, expansive.”Tagged: Italian Pagan Catholicism, Etymology, Word Origins, Catholic
“The ancient Greek term mythos, which yields our English 'myth,' at its root means anything delivered by word of mouth and thus from the start was radically acoustic.”Tagged: Etymology, Orality, Myth, Meaning in Vocalization, Word Origins