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Where does “altarist” come from?

altarist (English) comes from English altar, from Old English altar, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

altarist (English): A chaplain; The vicar of a church

Definitions

  1. A chaplain; The vicar of a church

Ancestry of “altarist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaltarA table or similar flat-topped structure used for...
2Old Englishaltaraltar
3Latinaltāre—
4Latinadoleō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →