The story
- Old English · inherited fromċiriċsċeatt“churchscot”
- Middle English · inherited fromchurset
- English todaychurchset
From Middle English churset, chirset, chershet, chirshet, from Old English ċiriċsċeatt (“churchscot”), equivalent to church + scat.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishċiriċsċeatt all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.