English
theocrasy
Theocrasy comes from Ancient Greek θεός ‘god’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-1‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s1‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁sós1reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰehós1‘god, deity’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεός2theós‘god’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007theocrasy2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek θεός
- 2 Wiktionary, English theocrasy
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, : Isaac Bonewits, Defining Our Terms: “Duotheism¹ (two deities) is what Neopagans call a religion…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek θεός‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁sWiktionary, Ancient Greek θεός‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁sósWiktionary, Ancient Greek θεόςreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰehósWiktionary, Ancient Greek θεός‘god, deity’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεόςWiktionary, English theocrasytheós‘god’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007theocrasyWiktionary, English theocrasy. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, : Isaac Bonewits, Defining Our Terms: “Duotheism¹ (two deities) is what Neopagans call a religion…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, defense, fan, benefit, feature, mid, fashion, defence, custom, sufficient, theme, ethnic, treasury, treasure, defendant, ethical, doom, tick, deed, aesthetic, thesis, auditorium, synthetic, auditor, demi, deem, ethic, spade, forfeit, familial, medial, ethos, medallion, prefect, certify, thematic, duma, 110 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’
fair, feast, dis, fanatic, feral, profanity, profane, fane, fayre, 20 more
through Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós ‘god, deity’
monotheism, polytheism, pantheism, 13 more
through Ancient Greek θεός ‘god’
theology, atheist, atheism, theism, apotheosis, theist, 16 more
Today it means
noun Interaction, admixture, and conflation of divine principles.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “theocrasy”; 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- / theocrasy