The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλατρεία“worship”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβασιλε(ύς)“king”
- English todaybasileolatry
From Ancient Greek βασιλε(ύς) (basile(ús), “king”) + English -latry (from the Ancient Greek λατρεία (latreía, “worship”); compare basilean, basileiolatry, and basilolatry.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekβασιλε(ύς) all →
basilean
Ancient Greekλατρεία all →
basileiolatrybasilolatryepiscopolatrylatria-latry
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.