Golgothic
/ɡɒlˈɡɒθɪk/noun
Relating to Golgotha or evoking the suffering and crucifixion associated with it.
Did you know?Golgotha comes through Aramaic and Greek from a Semitic word meaning “skull,” while the related Latin name Calvary produced the English word Calvary independently.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic (reconstructed)
Proto-Semitic
*gulġul-
“Skull or rounded head; a reconstructed root associated with the shape of a skull.”
Ancient Aramaic
Aramaic
Gulgulta
“Skull; the source of the place-name later associated with Jesus’s crucifixion.”
1st Century
Greek
Golgotha
“The place-name transmitted in the Greek New Testament, glossed as “Place of the Skull.””
Late Antiquity
Latin
Golgotha
“A Latin form of the biblical place-name.”
19th Century
English
Golgothic
“An English adjective meaning related to Golgotha or its imagery of crucifixion and suffering.”