different between illustrious vs athel

English

Etymology

From Latin ill?stris (“bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious”) +? -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree”). Ill?stris is derived from ill?str? (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”), from in- (“prefix meaning ‘in, inside’”) + lustr? (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”) (from lustr? (“purificatory sacrifice”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) or *lewh?- (“to wash”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l?s.t??.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?s.t?i.?s/, /-?l?s-/
• Hyphenation: il?lus?tri?ous

Adjective

illustrious (comparative more illustrious, superlative most illustrious)

1. Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known, especially due to past achievements or noble qualities. [from mid 16th c.]

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• lustrious

Translations

Further reading

• illustrious (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• athil, athill
• aethel, æthel
• ethel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ??l/, /?e???l/

Etymology 1

From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), from Old English æþele (“noble”), from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, *aþaljaz, *aþiluz (“noble, of noble birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”).

Akin to Saterland Frisian eedel, West Frisian eal, Dutch edel, German edel. Middle English form hathel due to conflation with Old English hæleþ (“hero”). See heleth.

Adjective

athel (comparative more athel, superlative most athel)

1. (obsolete or Britain dialectal) Noble; illustrious

Derived terms

• atheldom
• atheling

Noun

athel (plural athels)

1. (obsolete) A chief or lord.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A prince or noble.

Etymology 2

From Arabic ?????? (?a?al).

Noun

athel (plural athels)

1. A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.
2. A discrimination of originality and nobility ( ??????)

Anagrams

• Leath, ethal, hatel, lathe