deity
English
/ˈdiː.ɪ.tɪ/, /ˈdi.ə.ti/
noun
Definitions
- the state, position, or fact of being a god.
- A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dyew-
Gloss
sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
日
Emoji
☁️ ✈️ ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌪️ 🌬️ 🔭 🚁 🛩️ 🛫 🛬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deify English
- deityhood English
- deityless English
- deitylike English
- deityship English
- demideity English
- divination English
- divine English
- divinity English
- juglans English
- multideity English
- Deus Latin
- Iovem Latin
- Iovis Latin
- deitas Latin
- deus Latin
- diurnālis Latin
- divinus Latin
- divus Latin
- diēs Latin
- dīva Latin
- dīvīnitātem Latin
- dīvīnus Latin
- hodiernus Latin
- ioviālis Latin
- meridianus Latin
- meridies Latin
- merīdiānum Latin
- merīdiōnālis Latin
- Dio Italian
- deh Italian
- diario Italian
- oddio Italian
- perdio Italian
- déiste French
- Ζεύς Ancient Greek
- δηθά Ancient Greek
- διιπετής Ancient Greek
- διοπετής Ancient Greek
- δῆλος Ancient Greek
- δῖος Ancient Greek
- *deywós Proto-Indo-European
- *diwyós Proto-Indo-European
- *dyew(p) Proto-Indo-European
- *dyew- Proto-Indo-European
- *dyḗm Proto-Indo-European
- *dyḗws Proto-Indo-European
- *dyḗws, *Dyḗws ph₂tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *déywih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *Tīwas dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *Tīwaz Proto-Germanic
- *langatīnaz Proto-Germanic
- अद्य Sanskrit
- दिन Sanskrit
- zeiță Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zilnic Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- لیو Persian
- Duw Welsh
- Día Old Irish
- día Old Irish
- zot Albanian
- *dēwos Proto-Celtic
- *dīyos Proto-Celtic
- *dinám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *djouglānts Proto-Italic
- *djēm Proto-Italic
- Duw Cornish
- *dzéus Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬛𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬱 Avestan
- Dīvāna Old Latin
- dėina Samogitian