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Where does “ċiriċlīċ” come from?

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

ċiriċlīċ (Old English): ecclesiastical

Definitions

  1. ecclesiastical

Ancestry of “ċiriċlīċ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ċiriċlīċ”

  • churchly
  • churchliness
  • unchurchly
  • nonchurchly
  • chircheli
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