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docetism
Docetism comes from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί ‘Docetae, a group of people holding the…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-‘to take’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδέχομαιdékhomai‘to take, accept’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδοκεῖνdokeîn‘to seem, to appear’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΔοκηταίDokētaí‘Docetae, a group of people holding the heretical belief that Jesus was fully divine and…’
- Late LatinmodernDocetae
- Englishearliest quotation 2009docetism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-‘to take’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδέχομαιdékhomai‘to take, accept’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδοκεῖνdokeîn‘to seem, to appear’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΔοκηταίDokētaí‘Docetae, a group of people holding the heretical belief that Jesus was fully divine and…’
- Late LatinmodernDocetae
- Englishearliest quotation 2009docetism
Earliest quotation: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: “His Passion and Resurrection in history were therefore not…”
Formed from Docetae + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’
Ancient Greek δέχομαι ‘to take, accept’
Ancient Greek δοκέω ‘to seem, to appear’
Koine Greek Δοκηταί ‘Docetae, a group of people holding the…’
Late Latin Docetae
English Docetae
The story
From Docetae + -ism, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí) coined 197–203 CE by Serapion of Antioch, from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’
doctor, tail, decent, document, dignity, decoration, decor, doctrine, paradox, disdain, dainty, indignation, indignant, dodo, doctrinal, décor, dogmatic, docile, dignitary, dox, deign, digne, docent, dogmatism, 51 more
through Ancient Greek δέχομαι ‘to take, accept’
Today it means
noun The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- / docetism