druid
One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of…One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.
Meaning
2 senses(historical)One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.
Druide
друи́дdruíd
A priest or mage who uses magic based on nature or trees.
- a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French druide, from Old French, via Latin Druidae, from Gaulish *druwits, frBorrowed from French druide, from Old French, via Latin Druidae, from Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally either “oak-knower” or “firm knower, great sage”), from either Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) or *drew- (“solid, firm, hard”) and *weyd- (“to see, to have knowledge”) (whence also English wizard; Proto-Slavic *vědьma (> Russian ве́дьма (védʹma))).
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