Where does “идолопоклонничество” come from?
идолопоклонничество (Russian) comes from Russian идол, from Old East Slavic идолъ, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός — to see, to look, to observe.
идолопоклонничество (Russian): idolatry
Definitions
- idolatry
Ancestry of “идолопоклонничество”, step by step
идолопоклонничество traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian идол
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | идол | idol; callous person |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | идолъ | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | εἴδωλον | phantom, ghost; shape, figure, image; image of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 5 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 6 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via Russian покло́нничество
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | покло́нничество | sycophancy, slavish worship |
| 2 | Russian | покло́нник | admirer |
| 3 | Russian | поклон | bow; regards |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | поклонъ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *poklonъ | bow (as in bowing down) |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | klonъ | offset, protrusion; slope; branch, twig |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |