English word divine comes from Proto-Italic *deiwos (God, deity.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*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. |