Etymology

idolization

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Today it means: The act of idolizing, adoring or worshiping, especially to excess. Full definition →

English idolize ← Middle English ydole ← Old French idole
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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. Englishidol
  10. Englishidolize
  11. English todayidolization

From idolize + -ation.

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