The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΚύριε ἐλέησον“Lord, have mercy”
- Ecclesiastical Latin · derived fromKyrie
- English todaykyrie
From Ecclesiastical Latin Kyrie, first word of the phrase Kyrie eleison, transcribed from Ancient Greek Κύριε ἐλέησον (Kúrie eléēson, “Lord, have mercy”). See Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.