English
Kirby
Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) + -by (“habitation”), "village with a church".
Formed from kirk ‘church’ + -by ‘habitation’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
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Proto-West Germanic *kirikā
Old English ċiriċe ‘church’
Old Norse kirkja ‘church’
Northern Middle English kirke ‘a church’
English kirk
Today it means
name A hamlet in Clarington municipality, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kirby