Where does “churchlessness” come from?
churchlessness (English) comes from English churchless, from English church, from Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.
churchlessness (English): Absence of churches; Failure to attend a church
Definitions
- Absence of churches; Failure to attend a church
Ancestry of “churchlessness”, step by step
churchlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English churchless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | churchless | Without a church |
| 2 | English | church | A Christian house of worship; a building where... |
| 3 | Middle English | chirche | church, cathedral; temple, synagogue; clergy,... |
| 4 | Old English | ċiriċe | church |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | lord, master |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |