hermit

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English hermite, heremite, eremite, from Old French eremite, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης ("person of the desert") from ἐρημία, from ἔρημος or ἐρῆμος plus -ίτης. eremite. Displaced native .

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