hermit

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐρημίτης“person of the desert”
2. Late Latin · derived fromeremita
3. Old French · derived fromeremite
4. Middle English · inherited fromhermite
5. English todayhermit

From Middle English hermite, heremite, eremite, from Old French eremite, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “person of the desert”) from ἐρημία (erēmía, “desert, solitude”), from ἔρημος (érēmos) or ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) plus -ίτης (-ítēs, “one connected to, a member of”). Doublet of eremite. Displaced native Old English ānsetla.

Words from the same roots