English
polypantheism
Polypantheism comes from Ancient Greek θεός ‘god, divine’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁sósreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰehós‘god, deity’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεόςtheós‘god, divine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980polypantheism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁sósreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰehós‘god, deity’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεόςtheós‘god, divine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980polypantheism
Earliest quotation: 1980, Walter Martin, Gretchen Passantino: “This may be as simple as the atheist's world…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, defense, benefit, fashion, feature, mid, fan, defence, custom, theme, treasury, sufficient, ethnic, treasure, ethical, doom, tick, aesthetic, deed, defendant, thesis, synthetic, auditorium, auditor, ethic, demi, deem, familial, medial, forfeit, spade, ethos, medallion, prefect, certify, thematic, duma, 114 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’
fair, feast, dis, feral, fanatic, profanity, profane, fayre, fane, 22 more
through Ancient Greek θεός ‘god, divine’
theology, atheist, atheism, apotheosis, monotheism, theist, polytheism, 15 more
Today it means
noun Belief in multiple impersonal nontranscendent deities embodied by natural phenomena.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / polypantheism