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- Ancient Greek · derived fromμαρτύριον“testimony”
- Ecclesiastical Latin · derived frommartyrium
- English todaymartyrium
From Ecclesiastical Latin martyrium, from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”). Equivalent to martyr + -ium.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμαρτύριον all →
martyrion
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.