idolatry
/aɪˈdɒlətɹi/eye-DO-luh-tree
/aɪˈdɑlətɹi/eye-DAH-luh-tree
Meaningimage worship
Common meaning: worship of idols
- idolform, shape; an imageLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 414 · scan
- atrservice, worshipLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 466 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘form, shape’ + ‘service, worship’ → idolatry
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- idol — Greek εἶδος; εἴδωλον “form, shape; an image” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- atr — Greek λατρεία “service, worship” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek εἶδος; εἴδωλον ‘form, shape; an image’ + Greek λατρεία ‘service, worship’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry εἶδος, p. 414 · dictionary scan
Roots
- εἶδος; εἴδωλον Greek “form, shape; an image”
- λατρεία Greek “service, worship”
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