Where does “demigod” come from?
Demigod comes from English demi- and god, where god derives from Middle English God, Proto-Germanic gōdaz, and Proto-Indo-European gʰedʰ-.
demigod (English): A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and...
Definitions
- A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and...
Ancestry of “demigod”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | demi | Alternative spelling of demy; A fifty pence... |
| 2 | Middle English | demi | half, half-sized, partial |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | demi | half |
| 4 | Latin | dīmidius | — |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
Words derived from “demigod”