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Where does “chircheli” come from?

chircheli (Middle English) comes 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.

Ancestry of “chircheli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċiriċlīċecclesiastical
2Old Englishċiriċechurch
3Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
4Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
5Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
6Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—

Words derived from “chircheli”

  • churchly
  • churchliness
  • unchurchly
  • nonchurchly
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