English word theme comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-, and later Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti (To be doing. To be putting, placing.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *dʰeh₁- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *dʰédʰeh₁ti | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | To be doing. To be putting, placing. |
| τίθημι | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
| θέμα | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
| thema | Latin (lat) | The alignment of celestial bodies at a person's birth, horoscope. Theme, topic. |
| tesme | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Theme (topic of discussion). |
| theme | English (eng) | (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.. (dated) An essay written for school.. (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.. (grammar) The stem of a word.. (linguistics) Theta role in generative [...] |