English
Mithras
Mithras comes from Latin Mithras.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMithras
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMithras
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to bind’
mean, common, community, met, minister, minute, commission, communication, mess, meal, ministry, minor, communist, menu, mutual, communicate, immune, mere, min, compromise, missile, commit, communism, minus, ammunition, immunity, communal, mole, dismiss, premise, communion, municipality, ammo, mayhem, noodle, moor, commune, mural, remuneration, intermittent, 79 more
through Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás ‘covenant’
Today it means
name A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras", or Mithraism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Mithras / Mithras