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deus.

god; deity

4 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdews/Brazil[ˈdeʊ̯s]Brazil/ˈdewʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈdeʊ̯ʃ]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. god; deity

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese deus (“God”), from Latin deus (“god, deity”), unusual in that it was derived from the nominative instead of the accusative (deum), from Old Latin deivos (“god, deity”), from Proto-Italic *deiwos (“god, deity”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god, deity”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”).

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