English
demonize
Demonize comes from Medieval Latin daemonizō, from Latin daemon ‘a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, to divide’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂y-‘to share, to divide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδαίομαιdaíomai‘to divide’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδαίμων‘dispenser, god, protective spirit’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdaemon‘a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500daemonizō
- Englishearliest quotation 2020demonize
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂y-‘to share, to divide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδαίομαιdaíomai‘to divide’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδαίμων‘dispenser, god, protective spirit’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdaemon‘a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500daemonizō
- Englishearliest quotation 2020demonize
Earliest quotation: 2020, Peter Baker, Trump has a long history of language that incites and demoni: “President Trump has seized on the response in the…”
Equivalent to demon + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, to divide’
Ancient Greek δαίομαι ‘to divide’
Ancient Greek δαίμων ‘dispenser, god, protective spirit’
Medieval Latin dēmōn ‘lar, familiar spirit, guardian spirit’
Middle English demon ‘demon, devil, malicious spirit’
English demon
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, to divide’
time, till, til, tide, tease, tass, 24 more
through Ancient Greek δαίμων ‘dispenser, god, protective spirit’
through Latin daemon ‘a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or…’
Today it means
verb To turn into a demon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- / demonize