Where does “worship” come from?
Worship comes from Middle English worschippe, from Old English weorþsċipe, a compound of weorþ (worthy) and sċipe (state or condition).
worship (English): The condition of being worthy; honour,...
Definitions
- The condition of being worthy; honour,...
Ancestry of “worship”, step by step
worship traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English weorþsciepe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | weorþsciepe | dignity; worth, honor |
| 2 | Old English | -sċiepe | noun-forming suffix: -ship |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |
via Middle English worschippe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | worschippe | — |
| 2 | Old English | weorþsċipe | — |