The story
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολύς (polús)
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁sós
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰehós
- Ancient Greekθεός (theós)
- Frenchpolythéisme
- English todaypolytheism
From French polythéisme, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) and θεός (theós, “god”), corresponding to poly- + theism.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπολύς all →
polymerPolynesiapoly-polyarchpolychetepolycroticpolygyridpolylecticpolyphyodont
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.