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Where does “chiliasm” come from?

chiliasm (English) comes from French chiliasme, from Ancient Greek χιλιασμός, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι, from Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

chiliasm (English): Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of...

Definitions

  1. Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of...

Ancestry of “chiliasm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchiliasme—
2Ancient Greekχιλιασμός—
3Ancient Greekχίλιοιthousand
4Proto-Hellenic*kʰehliyoi—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéslomthousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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