Latreia: origins?

The idea of Latreia (Greek) or Latria (Latin) was brought up in a separate thread (see https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/104414/43260) on the translation of the Hebrew and Greek terms for bowing down - and how translators tend to translate the term as “worship” when applied to God / a god / Christ / Etc, but translate it literally as “bow down” when applied to, say, a human king. It would appear that Latreia is defined to be a special type of veneration which is reserved only for God - which would explain the source for the argument that if Jesus received worship then he must be God. It is in fact a simple deduction (but one that relies upon selective mistranslation). I am now interested in better understanding the origins and arguments for Latreia. Are there any instances of the term in scripture? Which Church Fathers first put forth the idea, and were there any debates around the idea? Although Protestants seem to be unwitting recipients of the idea of Latreia, the concept appears to be much more well defined in both Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. The question is open to all - but answers should focus on the origins of the concept first and foremost.