Etymology

egotheism

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Today it means: The deification of one's own self. Full definition →

English theism ← Latin theo- ← Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*egō
  3. Latinego
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁sós
  7. Proto-Hellenic*tʰehós
  8. Ancient Greekθεός (theós)
  9. Ancient Greekθεο- (theo-)
  10. Latintheo-
  11. Englishtheo-
  12. Englishtheism
  13. English todayegotheism

From Latin ego + English theism.

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