English

hylotheism

From hylo- + theism.

A compound of hylo- + theism

Ancient Greek ὕλη ‘wood’

English hylo-

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’

Today it means

noun Theory equating matter with God or merging one into the other (see pantheism).

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

Etymograph / hylotheism