liturgy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλειτουργία
2. Latin · derived fromliturgia
3. Middle French · derived fromliturgie
4. English todayliturgy

From Middle French liturgie, from Latin liturgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία (leitourgía), from λειτ- (leit-), from λαός (laós, “people”) + -ουργός (-ourgós), from ἔργον (érgon, “work”) (the public work of the people done on behalf of the people).