diócesis

See also: diòcesis

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.

Ancient Greek διά (diá)

Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos

Proto-Hellenic *wóikos

Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek οἰκέω (oikéō)

Ancient Greek διοικέω (dioikéō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis)bor.

Latin dioecēsis

Late Latin diocēsisbor.

Spanish diócesis

Borrowed from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “administration; diocese”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjoθesis/ [ˈd̪jo.θe.sis] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdjosesis/ [ˈd̪jo.se.sis] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oθesis (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -osesis (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: dió‧ce‧sis

Noun

diócesis f (plural diócesis)

1. (historical) diocese (administrative district in some ancient Roman provinces)
2. (Christianity) diocese (ecclesiastical territorial division subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop or of his legitimate substitute)

Derived terms

• archidiócesis
• arquidiócesis

Related terms

• diocesano

Descendants

• → Tagalog: diyósesis

Further reading

• “diócesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025