altar.
altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Meaning & usage
altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
stone that separates the firebox from the hearth in reverberatory furnaces
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂l̥tós Proto-Italic *altos Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin altāre Old Spanish altar Spanish altar Inherited from Old Spanish altar (attested as far back as the Cantar de Mio Cid), from Latin altāre. See also otero.
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