Etymology

artolatry

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Today it means: Bread-worship (the worship of the bread at Eucharist). Full definition →

New Latin artolatria ← Ancient Greek ἄρτος ← Latin -latria
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The story

  1. Latin · derived from-latria“worship”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄρτος“bread”
  3. New Latin · learned borrowing fromartolatria
  4. English todayartolatry

Learned borrowing from New Latin artolatria, from Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “bread”) + Latin -latria (“worship”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄρτος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.