English
idolomania
From idol + -o- + -mania.
Formed from idol + -o- + -mania
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
noun A devotion to idols.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / idolomania