pagan
English
/ˈpeɪɡən/
adj
Definitions
- Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.
- (by extension) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pāgānus (rustic, rural, pagan, heathen, unlearned).
Origin
Latin
pāgānus
Gloss
rustic, rural, pagan, heathen, unlearned
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Christopagan English
- Christopaganism English
- Pagan English
- neo-pagan English
- neopaganism English
- neopaganistic English
- neopaganize English
- nonpagan English
- pagandom English
- paganess English
- paganic English
- paganing English
- paganise English
- paganish English
- paganism English
- paganist English
- paganistic English
- paganistically English
- paganity English
- paganization English
- paganize English
- paganizer English
- paganly English
- paganness English
- paganophile English
- paganry English
- repaganize English
- semipagan English
- technopagan English
- technopaganism English
- unpaganize English
- paganismus Latin
- paganitas Latin
- pāgānismus Latin
- pāgānus Latin
- pagano Italian
- pagano Spanish, Castilian
- págán Irish
- págánach Irish
- págánta Irish
- pagien Old French
- paien Old French
- pagana Esperanto
- pagano Esperanto
- pagà Catalan, Valencian
- păgân Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pàganach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- pagão Old Portuguese
- pãngãn Aromanian
- mpagani Swahili
- поганъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- paian Friulian
- поганъ Old East Slavic
- paien xno
- Pagan
- paganly
- paganic
- paganry
- paganing
- paganist
- paganity
- paganish
- paganess
- pagandom
- paganize
- nonpagan
- paganise
- paganism
- neo-pagan
- paganizer
- semipagan
- paganness
- unpaganize
- repaganize
- paganistic
- paganophile
- technopagan
- neopaganize
- neopaganism
- paganization
- Christopagan
- neopaganistic
- paganistically
- technopaganism
- Christopaganism