theism

theism · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁sós
4. Proto-Hellenic*tʰehós
5. Ancient Greekθεός (theós)
6. Ancient Greekθεο- (theo-)
7. Latintheo-
8. Englishtheo-
9. English todaytheism

Coined, theo- + -ism. ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”). Attested in English from 1678, theist being attested 16 years earlier in 1662. Cognate French théisme, as in Diderot Principes de la philosophie morale (1745), which was probably borrowed from English.

theism · noun²

1. New Latin · derived fromthea“tea”
2. English todaytheism

Borrowing from New Latin thea (“tea”, noun) + English -ism.

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