Etymology

-latry

Today it means: worship of Full definition →

Late Latin latria ← Ancient Greek λατρεία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλατρεία“service; worship”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromlatria
  3. English today-latry

From Late Latin latria, from Ancient Greek λατρεία (latreía, “service; worship”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλατρεία all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.