blasphemy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβλασφημία“profanity”
2. Ecclesiastical Latin · derived fromblasphēmia
3. Old French · derived fromblasfemie
4. Middle English · inherited fromblasfemie
5. English todayblasphemy

From Middle English blasfemie, from Old French blasfemie, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”). Displaced native Old English tāl.

Words from the same roots