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Where does “θεοσοφία” come from?

θεοσοφία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek θεόσοφος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

θεοσοφία (Ancient Greek): Knowledge of divine things

Definitions

  1. Knowledge of divine things

Ancestry of “θεοσοφία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekθεόσοφοςwise in divine things
2Ancient GreekΘεόςGod
3Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
4Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “θεοσοφία”

  • theosophy
  • theosophist
  • theosophic
  • theosophically
  • theosophistic
  • theosophize
  • theosophistical
  • theosophia
  • теософия
  • теозофија
  • teozofija
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