English
idolastre
Idolastre comes from Latin idololatra.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEidololatra
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600idolatre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ydolatreras idolatre‘idolater’
- Englishearliest quotation 1387idolastre
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEidololatra
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600idolatre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ydolatreras idolatre‘idolater’
- Englishearliest quotation 1387idolastre
Earliest quotation: 1387, Chaucer: “What difference is bitwixe an ydolastre and an avaricious…”
Every English word from Latin idololatra
Today it means
noun An idolater.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin idololatra / idolastre