daemon
English
/ˈdiː.mən/, /ˈdiːmən/
noun
Definitions
- (uncommon) (alternative form of) demon.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin daemon (genius, guardian spirit, demon, lar, tutelary deity) derived from Ancient Greek δαίμων (god, divine power, goddess, dispenser, protective spirit, guardian spirit, genius, a god, demon, tutelary deity, destiny, deity, spirit).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δαίμων
Gloss
god, divine power, goddess, dispenser, protective spirit, guardian spirit, genius, a god, demon, tutelary deity, destiny, deity, spirit
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
神
Emoji
⛩️ ⛪️ 🕋 🕌 🕍 🤲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- daemonism English
- daimon English
- daemon Latin
- daemōn Latin
- demon Latin
- dēmōn Latin
- demon Dutch, Flemish
- δαίμων Ancient Greek
- δαίομαι Ancient Greek
- δαιμόνιος Ancient Greek
- εὐδαίμων Ancient Greek
- κακοδαίμων Ancient Greek
- *deh₂-i- Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- demon Norwegian Bokmål
- ダイモーン Japanese
- デーモン Japanese
- demon Polish
- demon Norwegian Nynorsk
- dæmon Danish
- démonický Czech
- demono Esperanto
- δαίμονας Greek (modern)
- dēmons Latvian
- demono Ido
- demon Old Irish
- 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- demo Old Portuguese
- demo, demõ Old Portuguese
- ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ Coptic
- ⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ Coptic
- demun Dalmatian