Etymograph

English

entheasm

Entheasm comes from Ancient Greek ἐνθεασμός ‘divine inspiration’, from θεός ‘a deity’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-1‘to do’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s1‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁sós1reconstructed
  4. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰehós1‘god, deity’reconstructed
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεός2‘a deity’
  6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐνθεασμός2entheasmós‘divine inspiration’
  7. Englishtodayentheasm2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek θεός
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English entheasm

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek θεός‘to do’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁sWiktionary, Ancient Greek θεός‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁sósWiktionary, Ancient Greek θεόςreconstructed
  4. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰehósWiktionary, Ancient Greek θεός‘god, deity’reconstructed
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεόςWiktionary, English entheasm‘a deity’
  6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐνθεασμόςWiktionary, English entheasmentheasmós‘divine inspiration’
  7. EnglishtodayentheasmWiktionary, English entheasm

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

do, fact, hot, deal, fan, mid, defense, benefit, fashion, feature, custom, defence, theme, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, ethical, doom, treasure, tick, deed, aesthetic, defendant, thesis, auditorium, auditor, synthetic, demi, deem, spade, ethic, forfeit, familial, medial, ethos, medallion, prefect, certify, thematic, duma, 110 more

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’

fair, dis, feast, feral, fanatic, profanity, profane, fane, fayre, 20 more

through Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós ‘god, deity’

polytheism, pantheism, 13 more

through Ancient Greek θεός ‘a deity’

theology, atheist, atheism, apotheosis, monotheism, theism, theist, 15 more

Today it means

noun inspiration; enthusiasm, especially religious

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “entheasm”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek θεός. 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 *dʰeh₁- / entheasm

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