Etymology

megachurch

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Today it means: A church with an atypically large congregation. Full definition →

English church ← Middle English chirche ← Old English ċiriċe
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁ryós
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kúrios
  8. Ancient Greekκῡ́ριος (kū́rios)
  9. Koine Greekκῡριακός (kūriakós)
  10. Koine Greekκῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón)
  11. Proto-West Germanic*kirikā
  12. Old Englishċiriċe
  13. Middle Englishchirche
  14. Englishchurch
  15. English todaymegachurch

From mega- + church.

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