dios

See also: Dios and dios-

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Interjection

dios

1. God! oh my God!

Noun

dios m (plural dioses)

1. god

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) diōs

1. accusative masculine plural of dius

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin deus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdjos]

Noun

dios m (plural dioses)

1. god, deity
   • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 50r. a.

     Seńor dios de iſrl' no a tal / dios en los cielos cuemo tu ní de yuſo en la tierra […]

     Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in the heavens or on earth […]

Descendants

• Ladino: dio (Latin spelling)
• Spanish: dios

Proper noun

dios m

1. God, the Judeo-Christian god
   • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1r. a.

     [R] / emont por la gracia de dios. arço / biſpo de Toledo. a don alemeric. arçi / diano de antiochia […]

     Remont, by the grace of God, archbishop of Toledo, to don Almeric, archdeacon of Antioch […]

   • Idem, f. 1r. b.

     El to clerigo almerich. a / Rçidiano de antiochẏa. réde gŕas / adios & atẏ.

     Your cleric Almerich, archdeacon of Antioch, gives thanks to God and to you.

Descendants

• Ladino: Dio (Latin spelling)
• Spanish: Dios

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish dios (cf. Ladino dio), from Latin deus (“god, deity”), unusual in that it was derived from the nominative instead of the accusative (deum), possibly as a partially borrowed term from Ecclesiastical Latin, ultimately from Old Latin deiuos (“god, deity”), from Proto-Italic *deiwos (“god, deity”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god, deity”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjos/ [ˈd̪jos]

Noun

dios m (plural dioses, feminine diosa, feminine plural diosas)

1. god

Derived terms

• adiós
• diosa

Related terms

• deidad