Divine etymology

English

English word divine comes from Proto-Italic *deiwos (God, deity.)

Etymology of divine

Detailed word origin of divine

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*deiwos Proto-Italic (itc-pro) God, deity.
deiuos Old Latin (itc-ola)
divus Latin (lat) God, fairy Godlike, godly. Of or belonging to a deity; divine.
divinus Latin (lat) Divine, of a deity, superhuman, supernatural.
divin Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) Divine; godly.
divine English (en) (obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.. Beautiful, heavenly.. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.. Of or pertaining to a god.. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.. Relating to divinity or theology. (often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

Words with the same origin as divine

Descendants of *deiwos

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