English
theogony
Theogony comes from Ancient Greek θεογονία ‘theogony, origination or birth of gods’, and goes back to θεόγονος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεόγονος
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθεογονίαtheogonía‘theogony, origination or birth of gods’
- Englishearliest quotation 1939theogony
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεόγονος
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθεογονίαtheogonía‘theogony, origination or birth of gods’
- Englishearliest quotation 1939theogony
Earliest quotation: 1939, J. Philip Hyatt, The Deity Bethel and the Old Testament: “This Phoenician history includes the cosmogony and theogony of…”
Equivalent to theo- + -gony
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
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Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁sós
Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós ‘god, deity’
Ancient Greek θεός ‘god’
Latin theos ‘god’
English theo-
Every English word from Ancient Greek θεόγονος
Today it means
noun The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek θεόγονος / theogony