Etymology

kirkify

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Today it means: To edit or face-swap someone's face with American political activist Charlie Kirk, often as part of a meme. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English Kirk
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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. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. Proto-Italic*θakos
  15. English todaykirkify

From Kirk + -ify, after Charlie Kirk, American political activist.

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