Where does “divine” come from?
Divine comes from Old French divin, from Latin divinus, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European dyew-, meaning sky or god, with formative suffixes -iHnos and -no-.
divine (English): Of or pertaining to a god; Eternal, holy, or...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a god; Eternal, holy, or...
Ancestry of “divine”, step by step
divine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French deviner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | deviner | — |
| 2 | Latin | divino | I foresee, foretell, divine; I prophesy; I guess |
| 3 | Latin | dīvīnus | divine, of a deity, superhuman, supernatural |
| 4 | Latin | dīvus | of or belonging to a deity; divine |
| 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 |
via Old French divin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | divin | divine; godly |