Etymograph

English

atheous

Atheous comes from Ancient Greek ἄθεος ‘without God/gods’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁sósreconstructed
  4. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰehós‘god, deity’reconstructed
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεόςtheós‘god’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄθεοςátheos‘without God/gods’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1612atheous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁sósreconstructed
  4. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰehós‘god, deity’reconstructed
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεόςtheós‘god’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄθεοςátheos‘without God/gods’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1612atheous

Earliest quotation: 1612, Joseph Hall, The Sages and the Star: “It is an ignorant conceit, that enquiry into nature…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

do, fact, deal, hot, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, mid, feature, defence, sufficient, treasury, custom, treasure, theme, ethnic, defendant, ethical, doom, tick, deed, aesthetic, thesis, synthetic, auditorium, auditor, demi, deem, spade, forfeit, ethic, familial, medial, medallion, prefect, certify, ethos, duma, thematic, 112 more

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’

fair, feast, dis, feral, profanity, fanatic, profane, fane, fayre, 20 more

through Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós ‘god, deity’

polytheism, pantheism, 13 more

through Ancient Greek θεός ‘god’

theology, monotheism, theism, apotheosis, theist, 15 more

through Ancient Greek ἄθεος ‘without God/gods’

atheist, atheism

Today it means

adj Atheistic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / atheous

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