Re: question - Turco-Japanese (a thought experiment for the group here)

>>caeruleancentaur wrote:
>>Kirk and messe, church Mass from the French.  It doesn't involve
>>Mass any more, just good eats.  I'm wondering if the word was
>>introduced by the French troops in the 1800s.

>Joe wrote:
>Surely, 'kirk' is (non-Anglo-Frisian) Germanic...
Actually, the American Heritage Dictionary says its Dutch.  The
Germanic peoples seem to have chosen 'kyriakos' to name the new
Christian community (church, Kirche, kirk, etc.), while the Romance
languages went with 'ekklesia' (église, iglesia, etc.).  I'm still
wondering how the word &/or custom got to Mexico.  I don't know how
old the custom is, but I can't imagine it being of other than Spanish
or French provenance.

Charlie