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Where does “deiwos” come from?

deiwos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

deiwos (Proto-Italic): god, deity

Definitions

  1. god, deity

Ancestry of “deiwos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
2Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

Words derived from “deiwos”

  • due
  • duty
  • duly
  • deity
  • dew
  • undue
  • unduly
  • dutiful
  • overdue
  • deuce
  • dutifully
  • deification
  • deism
  • deuced
  • pard
  • dutiable
  • deist
  • bedewed
  • undutiful
  • honeydew
  • deify
  • joss
  • deistic
  • duteous
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