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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word
BACCHANAL. Etymology of the word
BACCHANAL.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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BACCHANAL,
a worshiper of Bacchus. (L.,—Gk.) Properly, an
adjective. 'Unto whom [Bacchus] was yearely celebrated the feast bacchanal;'
Nicolls, Thucydides, p. 50 (R.) 'The Egyptian Bacchanals,'
i.e. revels, Shak. Ant. ii. 7. 110. 'The tipsy Bacchanals,'
i.e. revellers, Mids. Nt. Dr. v. 48.—Lat. Bacchanalis, adj.,
devoted to Bacchus.—Lat. Bacchus, the god of wine.—Gk.
Βάκχος,
the god of wine; also spelt
Ἴακχος, and said to be so named from the shouting of
worshipers at his festival.—Gk.
ἰάχειν, to shout; a verb apparently formed
by onomatopoeia, to express an interjectional
ἰαχ! Der.
Bacchanal-ian.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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