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- Latin · borrowed fromīdōlum
- English todayidolum
From Latin īdōlum. Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idol and related to idea.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
idolum
Today it means: An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom. Full definition →
Latin īdōlum