Dutch

Noun

catechismus m ‎(plural catechismussen)

1. catechism

Latin

Etymology

from Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός ‎(katēkhismós, “katēkhismos”), from κατηχίζω ‎(katēkhízō, “to catechize”), a later extended form of κατηχέω ‎(katēkhéō, “to catechize, instruct, teach by word of mouth”), from κατά ‎(katá, “down”) + ἠχέω ‎(ēkhéō, “to sound, to resound”).

Noun

catēchismus m ‎(genitive catēchismī); second declension

1. catechism

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• catechismus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CATECHISMUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “catechismus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.