Etymology

Cyriac

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Today it means: A male given name from Koine Greek. Full definition →

Latin Cyriacus ← Koine Greek Κυριακός ← Ancient Greek κύριος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύριος
  2. Koine Greek · derived fromΚυριακός
  3. Latin · derived fromCyriacus
  4. English todayCyriac

From Latin Cyriacus, from Koine Greek Κυριακός (Kuriakós), from κυριακός (kuriakós, “related to the Lord, belonging to the Lord”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios) + -ακός (-akós, “-ac: forming adjectives”).

Words from the same roots

Koine GreekΚυριακός all →

Kuriakose

Ancient Greekκύριος all →

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