Etymograph

English

McChurch

From Mc- + church.

Formed from Mc- + church

Irish or Scottish Gaelic mac ‘son’

English Mc-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’

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Ancient Greek κυριακόν

Proto-West Germanic *kirikā

Old English ċiriċe

Middle English chirche ‘a church’

English church

The story

Usage dates back to at least the early 1990s.

Today it means

noun A church that has a strong element of entertainment, consumerism, or commercialism which obscures its religious aspects.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / McChurch