Fanciful etymology, but not backed by scholarship. There are a host of northern European progenitors that include cirice (old Saxon kirika), old Norse kirkja, German kirche, all likely derived from the Greek kyriake, from kyrios (Lord). Circe derives from Greek kirke (bound with hoops). To know more is better, so long as it is real and not fanciful.
Or a third option… take both as possible, and use “congregation”, “ecclesia”, “keihilat”, or “of the Body of Christ” instead, as they’re more accurate words for conveying the meaning anyway.
Fanciful etymology, but not backed by scholarship. There are a host of northern European progenitors that include cirice (old Saxon kirika), old Norse kirkja, German kirche, all likely derived from the Greek kyriake, from kyrios (Lord). Circe derives from Greek kirke (bound with hoops). To know more is better, so long as it is real and not fanciful.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/church
Or a third option… take both as possible, and use “congregation”, “ecclesia”, “keihilat”, or “of the Body of Christ” instead, as they’re more accurate words for conveying the meaning anyway.
Right....
Just like history...a lie agreed upon.
Which makes your fancy no better.