Proto-Indo-European

*dʰéh₁s

‘god, godhead, deity’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s.

39 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s, most familiar first.

• fair ← feyre ← foire ← fēriae ← *fēziās
• feast ← feeste ← feste ← festa ← festum
• theology ← theologie ← theologie ← theologie ← theologia
• dis ← *dīsiz
• atheist ← athéiste ← atheos ← ἄθεος ← θεός
• atheism ← athéisme ← ἄθεος ← θεός ← *tʰehós
• feral ← fērālis ← *fēzo-
• fanatic ← fānāticus ← fānum ← *faznom ← *dʰh₁s-nó-m
• profanity ← profānitās ← profānus ← fānum ← *faznom
• profane ← prophane ← profānus ← fānum ← *faznom
• theism ← θεός ← *tʰehós ← *dʰh₁sós
• monotheism ← theism ← θεός ← *tʰehós ← *dʰh₁sós

More words from *dʰéh₁s

• fane
• apotheosis
• fayre
• polytheism
• theist
• pantheism
• fetti
• ferial
• atheous
• egotheism
• entheasm
• eutheism
• fanum
• ferie
• feriation
• kathenotheism
• nundine
• nundination
• polypantheism
• psychotheism
• tetratheism
• thearchy
• theologue
• theocrasy
• theologaster
• theologus
• theologer

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s