You have the same word in English too. Hint:
It's part of the title of a work by ESR. No, not "cathedral"; the other one.
At least it damn well *looks* as if it just *has* to be a direct descendant... (Then again, those are exactly the kind of etymologies that scientists later explain are all wrong, so add anything from a pinch to a shovelful of salt to everything I say.)
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