Etymology of the French word dieu
the French word
dieuderived from the Latin word
deusderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dyeu-Date
The earliest known usage of dieu in French dates from the 10th century.
Cognates
Catalan
deu, Dutch
tien, English
ten, French
dix, German
zehn, Greek
deka, Icelandic
tíu, Italian
dieci, Italian
dio, Latin
decem, Latin
deus, Lithuanian
dievas, Portuguese
dez, Portuguese
deos, Provençal
deus, Spanish
dios, Spanish
diez, Swedish
tio