🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

divinità

Pronunciation / Transliteration: divinità

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Divinity/dɪˈvɪn.ə.ti/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La divinità degli antichi dei era celebrata in molte culture."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or quality of being divine; godliness.

    "The divinity of the ancient gods was celebrated in many cultures."
  2. 2

    A divine being; a god.

    "In many religions, a divinity is worshipped as the creator of the universe."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'divinitas', stemming from 'divinus' meaning divine or of a deity, which traces back to 'divus' (god) and the Indo-European root '*dyeu-' meaning to shine or sky. It entered Middle English via Old French 'divinité' around the 14th century, initially referring to the state of being God or a god.

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