Etymology

idolize

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Today it means: To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol. Full definition →

English idol ← 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. English todayidolize

From idol + -ize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.