Etymology of sermon by etymonline

Old English cild "fetus, infant, unborn or newly born person," from Proto-Germanic *kiltham (source also of Gothic kilþei "womb," inkilþo ...

Etymology of god-daughter by etymonline

But some trace it to PIE *ghu-to- "poured," from root *gheu- "to pour, pour a libation" (source of Greek khein "to pour," also in the phrase ...

Etymology of phrase lectio difficilior by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to collect, gather," with derivatives meaning "to speak" on the notion of "to gather words, to pick out words."

Middletown | Etymology of the name Middletown by etymonline

Old English middel, "equally distant from extremes or limits; intermediate," from Proto-West Germanic *midla- (source also of Old Frisian middel ...

Etymology of serious by etymonline

This is probably from a PIE root *sehro- "slow, heavy" (source also of Lithuanian sveriu, sverti "to weigh, lift," svarus "heavy, weighty;" Old ...

Etymology of biblical by etymonline

"pertaining to the Bible," from Bible + -ical. Related: Biblically. An earlier adjective… See origin and meaning of biblical.

ground | Etymology of ground by etymonline

Sense of "reason, motive" first attested c. 1200. Meaning "source, origin, cause" is from c. 1400. Electrical sense "connection with the earth" ...

Bible | Etymology of the name Bible by etymonline

"the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments," early 14c., from Anglo-Latin biblia, Old French bible (13c.) ... The Christian scripture was ...

Etymology of God-fearing by etymonline

"reverencing and obeying God," 1759, from God + fearing, present-participle adjective from fear (v.). Old English in the same sense had godfyrht ...

Etymology of chrestomathy by etymonline

"collection of literary passages" (especially from a foreign language), 1774, from French chrestomathie, from Latinized form of Greek ...

Etymology of uncalled by etymonline

c. 1400, uncallid, of persons, "not summoned," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of call (v.). Similar formation in Swedish okallad, Danish ...

Etymology of mount by etymonline

c. 1300, mounten, "to get up on a horse;" mid-14c., "to rise up, rise in amount, ascend; fly," from Old French monter "to go up, ascend, climb, ...

godly | Etymology of godly by etymonline

late 14c., from god + -ly (1). Perhaps earlier, but due to identical spelling in Middle English it is difficult to distinguish from goodly.

Etymology of gossip by etymonline

Old English godsibb "sponsor, godparent," from God + sibb "relative" (see sibling). The sense was extended in Middle English to "a familiar acquaintance, a ...

Etymology of demigod by etymonline

But some trace it to PIE *ghu-to- "poured," from root *gheu- "to pour, pour a libation" (source of Greek khein "to pour," also in the phrase ...

Etymology of the name methodist by etymonline

With a capital M-, it refers to the Protestant religious denomination founded 1729 at Oxford University by John and Charles Wesley. The name had ...

Etymology of insert by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to line up." It forms all or part of: assert; assertion; assort; consort; desert (v.) "to leave one's duty;" ...

Etymology of apocalypse by etymonline

late 14c., "revelation, disclosure," from Church Latin apocalypsis "revelation," from Greek apokalyptein "uncover, disclose, reveal," from apo "off, away from"

Etymology of godsend by etymonline

"a message, a message," literally "that which is sent," from Middle English sonde, from Old English sand, the noun associated with sendan (see ...

Etymology of godlike by etymonline

But some trace it to PIE *ghu-to- "poured," from root *gheu- "to pour, pour a libation" (source of Greek khein "to pour," also in the phrase ...