Английский Этимологический словарь - worship (n.)

- O.E. worрscip, wurрscip (Anglian), weorрscipe (W.Saxon) "condition of being worthy, honor, renown," from weorр (see worth) + -scipe "-ship." Sense of "reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being" is first recorded early 14c. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful (13c.).