Etymology

theophoric

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Today it means: Containing the name of a deity. Full definition →

Ancient Greek θεόφορος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromθεόφορος“bearing a god”
  2. English todaytheophoric

From Ancient Greek θεόφορος (theóphoros, “bearing a god”) + -ic.

Words from the same roots

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