Arab Idol=أراب أيدول

Arab Idol=أراب أيدول (TV PROGRAM)

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

idol (n.)

mid-13c., "image of a deity as an object of (pagan) worship," from O.Fr. idole "idol, graven image, pagan god," from L.L. idolum "image (mental or physical), form," used in Church Latin for "false god," from Gk. eidolon "appearance, reflection in water or a mirror," later "mental image, apparition, phantom," also "material image, statue," from eidos "form" (see -oid). Figurative sense of "something idolized" is first recorded 1560s (in Middle English the figurative sense was "someone who is false or untrustworthy"). Meaning "a person so adored" is from 1590s.

WICTIONARY

From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eidōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eidos, “form”).