Where does “атеизам” come from?
атеизам (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French athéisme, from French athée, from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
атеизам (Serbo-Croatian): atheism
Ancestry of “атеизам”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | athéisme | atheism |
| 2 | French | athée | atheistic; atheist |
| 3 | Latin | atheos | an atheist; one who rejected the gods worshipped... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄθεος | without gods; rejecting or disdaining the belief... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |