basileiolatry

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλατρεία“worship”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromβασίλειος“of the king”
3. English todaybasileiolatry

Ancient Greek βασίλειος (basíleios, “of the king”) (from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”)) + -latry (from the Ancient Greek λατρεία (latreía, “worship”)).

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