Etymograph

English

kirkbuzzer

From kirk + buzzer.

A compound of kirk + buzzer

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

noun A robber who preys on churches.

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

Etymograph / kirkbuzzer