Etymology

docetic

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Today it means: Of or related to docetism or docetists, believing that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared to be human and to suffer. Full definition →

Late Latin Docetae ← Koine Greek Δοκηταί ← Ancient Greek δοκεῖν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδοκεῖν“to seem, to appear”
  2. Koine Greek · derived fromΔοκηταί
  3. Late Latin · derived fromDocetae
  4. English todaydocetic

From Docetae + -ic, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”).

Words from the same roots

Late LatinDocetae all →

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Koine GreekΔοκηταί all →

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Ancient Greekδοκεῖν all →

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