English
anchorite
Anchorite comes from Latin anachōrēta ‘hermit, recluse, anchorite’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἀνᾰχωρέω.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνᾰχωρέωanăkhōréō
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναχωρητήςanakhōrētḗs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanachōrēta‘hermit, recluse, anchorite’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanchōrēta
- Englishearliest quotation 1777anchorite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνᾰχωρέωanăkhōréō
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναχωρητήςanakhōrētḗs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanachōrēta‘hermit, recluse, anchorite’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanchōrēta
- Englishearliest quotation 1777anchorite
Earliest quotation: 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal: “Oh, hang him? He's a very Anchorite—a young Hermit!”
A compound of ᾰ̓νᾰ́ ‘[with genitive] (rare) on board’ + ἀνα- + -έω + χωρέω ‘to withdraw’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’
Proto-Hellenic *aná ‘up, upon’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ ‘[with genitive] (rare) on board’
Ancient Greek χῶρος ‘space, room, place’
Ancient Greek χωρέω ‘to withdraw’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀνᾰχωρέω
Today it means
noun One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀνᾰχωρέω / anchorite