Etymology

theonym

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Today it means: The name of a deity. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma) ← English theo- ← Latin theo-
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The story

  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. Ancient Greekὄνυμα (ónuma)
  10. English todaytheonym

From theo- + -onym.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.