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Where does “ἄθεος” come from?

ἄθεος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

ἄθεος (Ancient Greek): without gods; rejecting or disdaining the belief...

Definitions

  1. without gods; rejecting or disdaining the belief...

Ancestry of “ἄθεος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
2Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
3Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “ἄθεος”

  • atheist
  • atheistic
  • atheistical
  • atheistically
  • atheous
  • atheistick
  • nonatheistic
  • nonatheist
  • antiatheist
  • aatheist
  • atheisticalness
  • atheisticness
  • atheistlike
  • polyatheist
  • neo-atheist
  • neoatheist
  • antiatheistic
  • atheos
  • atheista
  • atei
  • ateo
  • атеист
  • athéiste
  • athée
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