Etymology

flowkirkuinely

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Today it means: Synonym of lowkenuinely. Full definition →

English lowkirkuinely ← Northern Middle English kirke ← Old Norse kirkja
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*plōw-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-der.?
  4. Proto-Germanic*flōaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*flōan
  6. Old Englishflōwan
  7. Middle Englishflowen
  8. Middle Englishflowe
  9. Englishflow
  10. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  12. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  13. Proto-Germanic*lēgaz
  14. Old Norselágr
  15. Middle Englishlāh
  16. Englishlow
  17. Proto-West Germanic*kaiju
  18. Old Englishcǣġ
  19. Middle Englishkeye
  20. Englishkey
  21. Englishlowkey
  22. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  24. Proto-Italic*genos
  25. Latingenus
  26. Latingenuīnus
  27. Englishgenuine
  28. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  29. Proto-Germanic*līką
  30. Englishgenuinely
  31. Englishlowkenuinely
  32. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  33. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁ryós
  34. Proto-Hellenic*kúrios
  35. Ancient Greekκῡ́ριος (kū́rios)
  36. Koine Greekκῡριακός (kūriakós)
  37. Koine Greekκῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón)
  38. Proto-West Germanic*kirikā
  39. Old Englishċiriċe
  40. Old Norsekirkja
  41. Northern Middle Englishkirke
  42. Englishkirk
  43. EnglishKirk
  44. Englishlowkirkuinely
  45. English todayflowkirkuinely

Blend of flow + lowkirkuinely. Like the inclusion of Kirk in lowkirkuinely, the inclusion of flow in flowkirkuinely is a humorous sound association that has no bearing on the word's meaning.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.