deity

C2+ Topic:Religion & Belief

US /ˈdiɪti/ UK /ˈdeɪɪti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a god or goddess; divine nature

Each river was sacred to a different deity.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a god or goddess; divine... god goddess divinity godhead divine

Opposites

mortal human

Word family

Related forms deify deificdeismdivine

Etymology

From Old French deite, from Late Latin deitas ('divine nature'), coined by Augustine from Latin deus ('god').

deitas Latin deus Latin *deywós Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Religion & Belief Word Formation & Derivatives

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# deity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdiɪti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdeɪɪti/

## Meanings
1. a god or goddess; divine nature

## Examples
- Each river was sacred to a different deity.

## Synonyms
- god
- goddess
- divinity
- godhead
- divine

## Antonyms
- mortal
- human

## Related Forms
- deify
- deific
- deism
- divine

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: deitas
- Root: deus
- Root: *deywós

## Etymology
From Old French deite, from Late Latin deitas ('divine nature'), coined by Augustine from Latin deus ('god').

## AI Etymology
Deity is from Old French deite, from Late Latin deitas ('divine nature'), coined by Augustine from Latin deus ('god'). The ancestry passes through Latin deitas, Latin deus, and Proto-Indo-European *deywós. In present use as a noun, it means "a god or goddess; divine nature", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include deify, deific, deism, and divine. Its contrast set includes mortal and human, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in deify, deific, deism, and divine, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- Religion & Belief
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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