The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἱεροφάντης
- Latin · borrowed fromhierophanta
- English todayhierophant
From Latin hierophanta, from Ancient Greek ἱεροφάντης (hierophántēs), from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show, make known”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.