idol

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
2. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
3. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
4. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
5. Ancient Greekεἴδωλον (eídōlon)
6. Latinīdōlum
7. Old Frenchidole
8. Middle Englishydole
9. English todayidol

From Middle English ydole, from Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idolum and related to idea.

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