Etymograph

English

hyperdulia

Hyperdulia comes from Medieval Latin hyperdūlīa, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘above’, and ultimately from δοῦλος ‘slave’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδοῦλος‘slave’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδουλεύω‘to be a slave’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδουλείᾱdouleíā‘slavery’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑπέρhupér‘above’
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500hyperdūlīa
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2009hyperdulia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδοῦλος‘slave’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδουλεύω‘to be a slave’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδουλείᾱdouleíā‘slavery’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑπέρhupér‘above’
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500hyperdūlīa
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2009hyperdulia

Earliest quotation: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: “By the thirteenth century, the growth of devotion to…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek δοῦλος ‘slave’

doula, 4 more

Today it means

noun A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek δοῦλος / hyperdulia

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