shrine

(Αγγλικός)

Συχνότητα

C1
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ʃɹaɪ̯n/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”), “case or chest for books or papers” in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein).

Related words

ναός

βωμός

εκκλησία

ιεροφυλάκιο

λειψανοθήκη

φυλάσσω ευλαβώς

ιερό

λάρνακα

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