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- The earliest known use of the word anathema is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for anathema is from around 1548, in the writing of Anthony Gilby, religious writer and Church of England clergyman. anathema is a borrowing from Latin.
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Sep 21, 2022 · late 14c., "roof of the mouth of a human or animal; the parts which separate the oral from the nasal cavity," from Old French palat and directly from Latin palatum "roof of the mouth," also "a vault," which is perhaps of Etruscan origin [Klein], but de Vaan suggests an IE root me.
The word anathema has two main meanings. One is to describe that something or someone is being hated or avoided. The other refers to a formal excommunication by a church. [1] [2] [3] These meanings come from the New Testament, [4] where an Anathema was a person or thing cursed or condemned by God. [5]
The earliest known use of the noun anathema is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for anathema is from 1573, in M. Luther's Expos. Salomons Bk. anathema is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from Latin.
Anathema, (from Greek anatithenai: “to set up,” or “to dedicate”), in the Old Testament, a creature or object set apart for sacrificial offering. Its return to profane use was strictly banned, and such objects, destined for destruction, thus became effectively accursed as well as consecrated.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Anathema means “something or someone that is strongly disliked” and was initially used to refer to a person who had been excommunicated from the Catholic church. It came from Greek through Latin into English with the meaning of “curse” or “thing devoted to evil,” but today refers to anything that is disapproved of or to be avoided.
Word Origin early 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin, ‘excommunicated person, excommunication’, from Greek anathema ‘thing dedicated’, (later) ‘thing devoted to evil, accursed thing’, from anatithenai ‘to set up’.
