Etymology

worship

wor·ship
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Today it means: The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. Full definition →

Middle English worschipe /worthschipe ← Old English weorþsċiepe
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  1. Old English · inherited fromweorþsċiepe
  2. Middle English · inherited fromworschipe /worthschipe
  3. English todayworship

Inherited from Middle English worschipe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.

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