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Where does “anchoreth” come from?

anchoreth (English) comes from English anchor, from Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, from Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, from Proto-Germanic ankurô, from Latin ancōra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα, from Proto-Indo-European ang- — joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith.

anchoreth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “anchoreth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanchorA tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a...
2Middle Englishankeranchor
3Old Englishancoranchor
4Proto-West Germanic*ankurō—
5Proto-Germanicankurôanchor
6Latinancōra—
7Ancient GreekἌγκυρα—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanang-joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith
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