Etymology

Kirkiversary

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Today it means: The celebratory anniversary of American political activist Charlie Kirk's assassination, observed annually on September 10. Full definition →

English anniversary ← Middle English anniversary ← Classical Latin anniversārius
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁ryós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kúrios
  4. Ancient Greekκῡ́ριος (kū́rios)
  5. Koine Greekκῡριακός (kūriakós)
  6. Koine Greekκῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón)
  7. Proto-West Germanic*kirikā
  8. Old Englishċiriċe
  9. Old Norsekirkja
  10. Northern Middle Englishkirke
  11. Englishkirk
  12. EnglishKirk
  13. Anglo-Normananniversarie
  14. Old Frenchanniversaire
  15. Middle Frenchanniversaire
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂et-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂etnós
  18. Proto-Italic*atnos?
  19. Latinannus
  20. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*wr̥ttós
  22. Proto-Italic*worssos
  23. Latinvorsus
  24. Latinversus
  25. Classical Latinanniversārius
  26. Middle Englishanniversary
  27. Englishanniversary
  28. English todayKirkiversary

Blend of Kirk + anniversary, after American political activist Charlie Kirk. First attested in 2025, and popularized in August 2026.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.