Etymology

docetistic

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Today it means: Synonym of docetic, of or related to docetism or docetists. 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 todaydocetistic

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

Words from the same roots

Late LatinDocetae all →

doceticdoceticallydocetismdocetistdocetize

Koine GreekΔοκηταί all →

doceticdoceticallydocetismdocetistdocetize

Ancient Greekδοκεῖν all →

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