Etymology

demonise

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English demon ← Middle English demon ← Latin daemōn
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  3. Ancient Greekδαίομαι (daíomai)
  4. Ancient Greekδαίμων (daímōn)
  5. Latindaemōn
  6. Middle Englishdemon
  7. Englishdemon
  8. English todaydemonise

From demon + -ise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.