Meaning

noun a detested person

noun a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Ancient Greek ἀνᾰτίθημῐ (anătíthēmĭ) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek ἀνάθεμα (anáthema)bor. Late Latin anathemabor. English anathema Borrowed from Late Latin…

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