demon
Middle English
/dɛːˈmɔːn/
noun
Definitions
- demon, devil, malicious spirit
- (rare) daimon, helpful spirit
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēmōn derived from Ancient Greek δαίμων (god, divine power, goddess, dispenser, protective spirit, guardian spirit, genius, a god, demon, tutelary deity, destiny, deity, spirit).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δαίμων
Gloss
god, divine power, goddess, dispenser, protective spirit, guardian spirit, genius, a god, demon, tutelary deity, destiny, deity, spirit
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
神
Emoji
⛩️ ⛪️ 🕋 🕌 🕍 🤲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archdemon English
- bedemon English
- daimon English
- demon English
- demoness English
- demonette English
- demonian English
- demonical English
- demonify English
- demonisation English
- demonise English
- demonish English
- demonism English
- demonist English
- demonization English
- demonkind English
- demonlike English
- demonlore English
- demonly English
- demonocracy English
- demonographer English
- demonography English
- demonolatry English
- demonology English
- demonomachy English
- demonomancy English
- demonomania English
- demonomaniac English
- demonopathy English
- demonophobia English
- demonry English
- demonship English
- demonspawn English
- half-demon English
- demoni Finnish
- daemon Latin
- daemōn Latin
- demon Latin
- dēmōn Latin
- δαίμων Ancient Greek
- δαίομαι Ancient Greek
- δαιμόνιος Ancient Greek
- εὐδαίμων Ancient Greek
- κακοδαίμων Ancient Greek
- *deh₂-i- Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- demon Norwegian Bokmål
- ダイモーン Japanese
- demon Norwegian Nynorsk
- dæmon Danish
- démonický Czech
- demono Esperanto
- δαίμονας Greek (modern)
- 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- idimoni Zulu
- ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ Coptic
- ⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ Coptic