English
entheal
Entheal comes from Ancient Greek ἔνθεος ‘full of (a/the) god, inspired’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔνθεοςéntheos‘full of (a/the) god, inspired’
- Englishtodayentheal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔνθεοςéntheos‘full of (a/the) god, inspired’
- Englishtodayentheal
A compound of ἐν ‘in’ + θεός ‘god’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Ancient Greek ἐν ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁sós
Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós ‘god, deity’
Ancient Greek θεός ‘god’
Linked words
through Ancient Greek ἔνθεος ‘full of (a/the) god, inspired’
Today it means
adj Divinely inspired; causing great enthusiasm.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἔνθεος / entheal