Etymology

churchgoer

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Today it means: One who regularly goes to church; a practicing Christian. Full definition →

English goer ← Middle English chirche ← Old English ċiriċe
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The story

  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. Middle Englishchirche
  10. Englishchurch
  11. Englishgoer
  12. English todaychurchgoer

From church + goer.

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