English
Kirksville
From Kirk (“surname”) + -ville.
Formed from Kirk ‘surname’ + -ville
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 city, the county seat of Adair County, Missouri, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kirksville