Where does “churchwide” come from?
churchwide (English) comes 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.
churchwide (English): Throughout a church
Definitions
- Throughout a church
Ancestry of “churchwide”, step by step
churchwide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English church
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | church | A Christian house of worship; a building where... |
| 2 | Middle English | chirche | church, cathedral; temple, synagogue; clergy,... |
| 3 | Old English | ċiriċe | church |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | lord, master |
via English wide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wide | Having a large physical extent from side to side;... |
| 2 | Old English | wīd | wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wīdaz | wide; broad |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁os | set apart, asunder, in two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |