Etymology

Zoroaster

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Today it means: An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism. Full definition →

Latin Zōroastrēs ← Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης ← Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀
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The story

  1. Avestan · derived from𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΖωροάστρης
  3. Latin · learned borrowing fromZōroastrēs
  4. English todayZoroaster

Learned borrowing from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zarathustra.

Words from the same roots

LatinZōroastrēs all →

Zoroastrian

Avestan𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 all →

Zarathustra

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