shrine

(Inglês)

Freqüência

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ʃɹaɪ̯n/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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).

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