| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | dh s- |
| DEFINITION: | Root of words in religious concepts. Contracted from *dhe 1s-. Possibly an extension of dh-.
Derivatives include feast, fanatic, atheism, and enthusiasm.
1. Suffixed form *dhs-y -. fair2, feria, from Latin friae (< Archaic Latin fsiae), holidays. 2. Suffixed form *dhs-to-. feast, –fest, festal, festival, festive, festoon, fete, fiesta; Oktoberfest, from Latin fstus, festive. 3. Suffixed zero-grade form *dhs-no-. fanatic; profane, from Latin fnum, temple. 4. Suffixed zero-grade form *dhs-o-. theo-; apotheosis, atheism, enthusiasm, henotheism, pantheon, polytheism, tiffany, from Greek theos (< *thes-os), god. (Pokorny dhs- 259.) |
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