English
arborolatry
Arborolatry comes from Latin arbor ‘tree’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘high’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erdʰ-‘high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃r̥dʰōsreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*arðōs‘tree’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEarbōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbor‘tree’
- Englishearliest quotation 1873arborolatry
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erdʰ-‘high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃r̥dʰōsreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*arðōs‘tree’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEarbōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbor‘tree’
- Englishearliest quotation 1873arborolatry
Earliest quotation: 1873, C. Stanliand Wake, The influence of the phallic idea in the religions of antiqu: “It is now generally supposed that the forbidden fruit…”
Formed from -latry
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘high’
through Latin arbor ‘tree’
Today it means
noun The worship of trees.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- / arborolatry