heliolatry etymology

English word heliolatry comes from English -latry (Worship of.), English helio- (Concerning the sun.)

Detailed word origin of heliolatry

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-latry English (eng) Worship of.
helio- English (eng) Concerning the sun.
heliolatry English (eng) (euphemistic) sunbathing. Worship of the sun as an actual religion/mythos.

Words with the same origin as heliolatry

Descendants of -latry
angelolatry autolatry bibliolatrist bibliolatry chronolatry cosmolatry demolatry epeolatry gynolatry hierolatry hoplolatry ideolatry idiolatry logolatry mechanolatry necrolatry numerolatry phytolatry plutolatry psycholatry pyrolatry thanatolatry theriolatry zoolatry
Descendants of helio-
apheliotropic heliobacterium heliocentric heliogram heliography heliolater heliolatitude heliomagnetic heliophile heliophobia heliophysics helioseismic helioseismological helioseismologist helioseismology heliosheath heliosis heliosynchronous heliotaxis heliotheist heliotheistic heliotherapeutic heliothermic heliotropic