Etymograph

English

almighty

Almighty comes from Old English ælmihtiġ ‘all-powerful’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*alamahtīgaz1reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*alamahtīg2reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150ælmihtiġ1‘all-powerful’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500almyghty1
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1923almighty1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English almighty
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old English ælmihtig
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1923, Ernest Bramah pseudonym; Ernest Brammah , (please specify the page): “Now that must have been almighty careless of someone,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*alamahtīgazWiktionary, English almightyreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*alamahtīgWiktionary, Old English ælmihtigreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150ælmihtiġWiktionary, English almighty‘all-powerful’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500almyghtyWiktionary, English almighty
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1923almightyWiktionary, English almighty. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1923, Ernest Bramah pseudonym; Ernest Brammah , (please specify the page): “Now that must have been almighty careless of someone,…”

Formed from al- + might + -y

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz

Today it means

adj Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “almighty”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Old English ælmihtig. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz / almighty

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