Etymology

autotheism

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Today it means: The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity. Full definition →

English theism ← Latin theo- ← Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁sós
  13. Proto-Hellenic*tʰehós
  14. Ancient Greekθεός (theós)
  15. Ancient Greekθεο- (theo-)
  16. Latintheo-
  17. Englishtheo-
  18. Englishtheism
  19. English todayautotheism

From auto- + theism.

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