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Where does “Kirchenprovinz” come from?

Kirchenprovinz (German) comes from German kirche, from Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.

Kirchenprovinz (German): an ecclesiastical province

Definitions

  1. an ecclesiastical province

Ancestry of “Kirchenprovinz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankirche—
2Middle High Germankirchechurch
3Old High Germankirihha—
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—
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