The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔνθεος“inspired, possessed by (a) god”
- Latin · borrowed fromentheātus“divinely inspired”
- English todayentheate
From Latin entheātus (“divinely inspired”), from Ancient Greek ἔνθεος (éntheos, “inspired, possessed by (a) god”) + -ātus.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἔνθεος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.