English

Whitechurch

From white + church.

A compound of white + church

Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós

Proto-Germanic *hwītaz

Proto-West Germanic *hwīt

Old English hwīt

Middle English whit ‘white’

English white

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’

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Whitechurch