Etymology

eutheism

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Today it means: The belief that there is a god, and that this god is benevolent. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wésus?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁su-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*ehu-
  6. Ancient Greekἐΰς (eǘs)
  7. Ancient Greekεὖ (eû)
  8. Englisheu-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁sós
  12. Proto-Hellenic*tʰehós
  13. Ancient Greekθεός (theós)
  14. Ancient Greekθεο- (theo-)
  15. Latintheo-
  16. Englishtheo-
  17. Englishtheism
  18. English todayeutheism

Coinage from eu- + theism (as antonym of dystheism) Attestation in a 1998 theology lecture https://web.archive.org/web/20071203180444/http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/koons/356/lec19.html. Humorous attestation on Usenet in 2002http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.everquest/browse_thread/thread/8f0df5dadf848aee/cb60e1f231543a29?lnk=st&q=eutheist&rnum=1#cb60e1f231543a29.

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