Where does “monothéisme” come from?
monothéisme (French) comes from French théisme, from English theism, from New Latin thea, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih — white.
monothéisme (French): monotheism
Ancestry of “monothéisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | théisme | theism |
| 2 | English | theism | Belief in the existence of at least one deity;... |
| 3 | New Latin | thea | tea |
| 4 | Dutch | thee | tea |
| 5 | Malay | teh | tea |
| 6 | Malay | putih | white |
| 7 | Classical Malay | putih | white |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | putih | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)putiq | white |