shrine

(Angielski)

Częstotliwość

C1
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ʃɹaɪ̯n/
Etymologia (Angielski)

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

świątynia

sanktuarium

miejsce kultu

kapliczka

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