Etymology

psalterium

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Latin psalterium ← Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromψαλτήριον
  2. Latin · learned borrowing frompsalterium
  3. English todaypsalterium

Learned borrowing from Latin psalterium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion). Doublet of psalter, psalterion, and psaltery.

Words from the same roots

Latinpsalterium all →

psalterpsalterypsalterion

Ancient Greekψαλτήριον all →

psalterypsalterionsantur

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