Etymology

kirkentine

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Today it means: A special person with whom to observe the Kirkiversary Full definition →

English valentine ← Northern Middle English kirke ← Old Norse kirkja
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*kirikā
  2. Old Englishċiriċe
  3. Old Norsekirkja
  4. Northern Middle Englishkirke
  5. Englishkirk
  6. EnglishKirk
  7. Englishvalentine
  8. English todaykirkentine

Blend of Kirk + valentine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.