Etymology of the English word canonry
the English word
canonryderived from the English word
canonderived from the Anglo-French word
canuniederived from the Latin word
canonicus (canon; member of cathedral canonry; clergyman; canonical, by canons, legal; mathematician, theorist; one who constructs mathematical; regular; secular; by math divisions of monochord)
derived from the Greek word
kanonikos, κανονικός
derived from the Greek word
kanon, κανών (a rule ('canon'); a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary; a sphere (of activity))
using the English suffix
-ryderived from the English suffix
-eryderived from the English suffix
-yderived from the Latin suffix
-iaderived from the Latin suffix
-iumderived from the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
Date
The earliest known usage of canonry in English dates from the 15th century.
