The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδοκεῖν“to seem, to appear”
- Koine Greek · derived fromΔοκηταί
- Late Latin · derived fromDocetae
- English todaydocetize
From Docetae + -ize, 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 →
doceticdoceticallydocetismdocetistdocetistic
Koine GreekΔοκηταί all →
doceticdoceticallydocetismdocetistdocetistic
Ancient Greekδοκεῖν all →
doceticdoceticallydocetismdocetistdocetistic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.