Church

From Textus Receptus

English

Alternative forms

• churche (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe ‎(“church”), from Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν ‎(kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός ‎(kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος ‎(kúrios, “ruler, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēw-, *ḱwā- ‎(“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”).