Where does “dejos” come from?
dejos (Javanese) comes from Portuguese deus, from Old Portuguese deus, from Latin deus, from Latin divinitas, from Latin dīvīnus, from Latin dīvus, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ancestry of “dejos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | deus | god; deity |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | deus | god; God |
| 3 | Latin | deus | god, deity; epithet of high distinction |
| 4 | Latin | divinitas | divinity, Godhead, godhood; the power of... |
| 5 | Latin | dīvīnus | divine, of a deity, superhuman, supernatural |
| 6 | Latin | dīvus | of or belonging to a deity; divine |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |