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-later

/-lə.tə(r)/

-later suffix: worshipper of.

Suffix

-later

  1. Worshipper of.

Forms of -later

alternative form-olater

Origin of -later

A back-formation from idolater. Formally from Latin -latres (seen in īdōlolatres), from Ancient Greek -λάτρης (-látrēs), from λατρεύω (latreúō, “to serve, serve gods”).

Questions about -later

What does -later mean?
-later means worshipper of.
What part of speech is -later?
-later is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -later?
-later is pronounced /-lə.tə(r)/.

Words near -later in the dictionary

  1. -lalia
  2. -land
  3. -landia
  4. -lang
  5. -langs
  6. -later
  7. -latrous
  8. -latry
  9. -le
  10. -lect
  11. -leigh

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