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theo-

prefix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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prefix

Meaning 1

god; deity

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Topics: lifestyle, religion

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1s Proto-Hellenic *thehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)der. Latin theo-der. English theo- From Latin theo- (“god”), combining form of theos (“god”); from Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-, “god”), combining form of θεός (theós, “god”).

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: teo- — relating to god
  • Albanian: teo- — relating to god
  • Aragonese: teo- — relating to god
  • Armenian: թեո- (tʻeo-) — relating to god
  • Asturian: teo- — relating to god
  • Azerbaijani: teo- — relating to god
  • Basque: teo- — relating to god
  • Belarusian: тэа- (tea-) — relating to god
  • Bulgarian: тео- (teo-) — relating to god
  • Catalan: teo- — relating to god
  • Czech: teo- — relating to god
  • Czech: boho- — relating to god
  • Danish: teo- — relating to god
  • Dutch: theo- — relating to god
  • Esperanto: teo- — relating to god
  • Estonian: teo- — relating to god
  • Finnish: teo- — relating to god
  • French: théo- — relating to god
  • Galician: teo- — relating to god
  • Georgian: თეო- (teo-) — relating to god
  • German: theo- — relating to god
  • Greek: θεο- (theo-) — relating to god
  • Hebrew: תאו־ (teo) — relating to god
  • Hungarian: teo- — relating to god
  • Ido: teo- — relating to god
  • Indonesian: teo- — relating to god
  • Interlingua: theo- — relating to god
  • Italian: teo- — relating to god
  • Kazakh: тео- (teo-) — relating to god
  • Northern Kurdish: teo- — relating to god
  • Kyrgyz: тео- (teo-) — relating to god
  • Lao: ເທວ- (th) — relating to god
  • Latin: theo- — relating to god
  • Latvian: teo- — relating to god
  • Lithuanian: teo- — relating to god
  • Macedonian: тео- (teo-) — relating to god
  • Macedonian: бого- (bogo-) — relating to god
  • Malay: teo- — relating to god
  • Maltese: teo- — relating to god
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teo- — relating to god
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teo- — relating to god
  • Occitan: teo- — relating to god
  • Polish: teo- — relating to god
  • Portuguese: teo- — relating to god
  • Romanian: teo- — relating to god
  • Russian: бого- (bovo-) — relating to god
  • Russian: тео- (teo-) — relating to god
  • Serbo-Croatian: тео- — relating to god
  • Serbo-Croatian: teo- — relating to god
  • Sicilian: teo- — relating to god
  • Slovak: teo- — relating to god
  • Slovene: teo- — relating to god
  • Spanish: teo- — relating to god
  • Swedish: teo- — relating to god
  • Tagalog: teo- — relating to god
  • Tajik: тео- (teo-) — relating to god
  • Thai: เทว- — relating to god
  • Turkish: teo- — relating to god
  • Turkmen: teo- — relating to god
  • Ukrainian: бого- (boho-) — relating to god
  • Ukrainian: тео- (teo-) — relating to god
  • Uzbek: teo- — relating to god
  • Yiddish: טעאָ־ (teo-) — relating to god