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Where does “chirche” come from?

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

chirche (Middle English): church, cathedral; temple, synagogue; clergy,...

Definitions

  1. church, cathedral; temple, synagogue; clergy,...

Ancestry of “chirche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċiriċechurch
2Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
3Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
4Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
5Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—

Words derived from “chirche”

  • church
  • Churchill
  • Christchurch
  • churchman
  • churchwarden
  • churchgoing
  • churchgoer
  • megachurch
  • chs.
  • churchy
  • parachurch
  • churchmanship
  • Churchillian
  • interchurch
  • churchwoman
  • churchism
  • unchurch
  • churchlike
  • churchless
  • churchwide
  • nonchurch
  • antichurch
  • churchful
  • churchiness
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