Where does “deity” come from?
Deity comes from Middle French deité, derived from Latin deus meaning god, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European deywós related to the sky.
deity (English): Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact...
Definitions
- Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact...
Ancestry of “deity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | deité | deity, god |
| 2 | Latin | deitas | divinity, deity, the nature of a god |
| 3 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 4 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
Words derived from “deity”