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Where does “nonchurchly” come from?

nonchurchly (English) comes from English churchly, from Middle English chircheli, from Old English ċiriċlīċ, from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.

nonchurchly (English): Not churchly; unrelated to a church

Definitions

  1. Not churchly; unrelated to a church

Ancestry of “nonchurchly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchurchlyPertaining to or relating to the church, its...
2Middle Englishchircheli—
3Old Englishċiriċlīċecclesiastical
4Old Englishċiriċechurch
5Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
6Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
7Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
8Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →