blaspheme
English
/ˌblæsˈfiːm/, /ˈblæs.fim/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
- (transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
- (transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blasfemen derived from Old French blasfemer derived from Latin blasphēmō derived from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (slander, I speak ill of, I slander).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βλασφημέω
Gloss
slander, I speak ill of, I slander
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blasphemer English
- blasphemeress English
- blasphemest English
- blasphemeth English
- blaspheming English
- blasphemingly English
- *blastimāre Latin
- *blastēmāre Latin
- *blastēmō Latin
- blasphemo Latin
- blasphēmia Latin
- blasphēmāre Latin
- blasphēmō Latin
- blâmer French
- βλάσφημος Ancient Greek
- βλασφημέω Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- blasfemen Middle English
- blasfemour Middle English
- blasfemye Middle English
- blasfemyng Middle English
- blasfemer Old French
- blastengier Old French
- βλαστήμια Greek (modern)
- blasfemeren Middle Dutch