hermit
/ˈhɜːmət/HUR-muht
/ˈhɝmət/HUR-muht
Meaninga dweller in empty places
Common meaning: one living alone for religious reasons
- hermlonely, empty of peopleLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 577 · scan
- itpast-participle stem ending (from Latin -itum)
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√RA‘rest, to be delighted, to love’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 289, p. 740 · scan
- Greekἐρῆμος‘lonely, empty of people’
- Latinheremita
- Frenchhermitesource
- Middle Englisheremitesource
- Englishhermit‘one living alone for religious reasons’ · today
herm also in: eremite
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ἐρῆμος ‘lonely, empty of people’.
Roots
- ἐρῆμος Greek “lonely, empty of people”
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