Word Origin Summary

Ἀναχωρητής is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• anachoreta

  Polish · derived from

• anachoreet

  Dutch · derived from

• anacoreta

  Italian · derived from

• anachorita

  Latin · borrowed from

• anchorite

  English · derived from

• anacoreta

  Portuguese · derived from

• anachoreta

  Latin · borrowed from

• anacoreta

  Spanish · derived from

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