Etymograph

English

thuribuler

Thuribuler comes from Latin thūribulum ‘a censer’, and goes back to thū(ri).

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEthū(ri)1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEthūribulum2‘a censer’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*thūribulārius2reconstructed
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1875thuribuler2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin thuribulum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English thuribuler
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1875, John Richard Walbran, The Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Wilfrid: “The establishment at this latter period consisting of seven…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEthū(ri)Wiktionary, Latin thuribulum
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEthūribulumWiktionary, English thuribuler‘a censer’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*thūribulāriusWiktionary, English thuribulerreconstructed
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1875thuribulerWiktionary, English thuribuler. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1875, John Richard Walbran, The Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Wilfrid: “The establishment at this latter period consisting of seven…”

Every English word from Latin thū(ri)

Today it means

noun A thurifer.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “thuribuler”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin thuribulum. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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