Etymograph

English

idol-worthy

From idol + -worthy.

Formed from idol + -worthy

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

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Ancient Greek εἴδωλον ‘image, idol’

Latin īdōlum ‘image, form, especially a spectre, apparition…’

Old French idole

Middle English ydole ‘an idol’

English idol

Today it means

adj Worthy of being an idol or of being idolised.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / idol-worthy