Deus
/ˈde.us/noun
Latin for "god," especially the singular God in Christian and philosophical contexts.
Did you know?The Latin Deus comes from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave us Zeus, showing that some of the oldest names for divinity across Europe and India are literally family.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*deiwós
“godlike, heavenly being”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*deiwós / *dyew-
“shining sky, daylight heavens”
Old Latin
Latin
deivos
“god, deity”
Classical Latin
Latin
deus
“god”
Late Latin
Latin
Deus
“God, especially the Christian God”
Modern English
English
deus
“a Latin word meaning god, used in theological, philosophical, and set phrases”