Etymograph

English

entheate

Entheate comes from Latin entheātus ‘divinely inspired’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἔνθεος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔνθεοςéntheos‘inspired, possessed by (a) god’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEentheātus‘divinely inspired’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1623entheate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔνθεοςéntheos‘inspired, possessed by (a) god’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEentheātus‘divinely inspired’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1623entheate

Earliest quotation: 1623, William Drummond of Hawthornden: “Their orbye christales moue More actiue than before, And…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek ἔνθεος ‘inspired, possessed by (a) god’

enthusiast, 4 more

Today it means

adj Divinely inspired.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἔνθεος / entheate

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