Etymograph

English

daemonise

Daemonise comes from Ancient Greek δαιμονίζομαι ‘to be possessed by a demon’, from δαίομαι ‘to divide’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂y-1‘to share, to divide’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδαίομαι1daíomai‘to divide’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδαίμων2daímōn‘demon’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδαιμονίζομαι2daimonízomai‘to be possessed by a demon’
  5. Englishtodaydaemonise2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek δαίμων
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English daemonise

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂y-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek δαίμων‘to share, to divide’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδαίομαιWiktionary, Ancient Greek δαίμωνdaíomai‘to divide’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδαίμωνWiktionary, English daemonisedaímōn‘demon’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδαιμονίζομαιWiktionary, English daemonisedaimonízomai‘to be possessed by a demon’
  5. EnglishtodaydaemoniseWiktionary, English daemonise

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, to divide’

time, till, tide, til, tease, tass, 22 more

through Ancient Greek δαίομαι ‘to divide’

demonic, demonize, 14 more

through Ancient Greek δαίμων ‘demon’

demon, daimon, 16 more

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “daemonise”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek δαίμων. 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-Indo-European *deh₂y- / daemonise

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