English Explanatory Dictionary

-later

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Worshipper of.

Pronunciation

/-lə.tə(r)/

Word forms

-later

Etymology

A back-formation from idolater. Formally from Latin -latres (seen in īdōlolatres), from Ancient Greek -λάτρης (-látrēs), from λατρεύω (latreúō, “to serve, serve gods”).

Related words

-latry
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