词汇 | church |
词源 | church [OE] The Old English word church, then spelled circe or cirice, is related to German Kirche, Dutch kerk, and Scots kirk [ME]. The source of all these words is medieval Greek kurikon, from Greek kuriakon dōma, ‘Lord’s house’, based on kurios ‘master or lord’. |
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