Etymology of the English word dogma
the English word
dogmaderived from the Late Latin word
dogma (doctrine, defined doctrine; philosophic tenet)
derived from the Greek word
dogma, δόγμα (a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical))
derived from the Greek word
dokein, δοκεῖν
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dek-derived from the Late Greek word
dokeo, δοκέω (to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly))
Date
The earliest known usage of dogma in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
Dutch
dog, Dutch
dogma, French
dogme, German
Dogma, Icelandic
dogma, Italian
dogma, Latin
dogma, Lithuanian
dogma, Russian
дoгмa, Swedish
dogmUsage
Word found in Modern English
