Etymology of the French word dogme
the French word
dogmederived 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 dogme in French dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
dog, Dutch
dogma, English
dogma, German
Dogma, Icelandic
dogma, Italian
dogma, Latin
dogma, Lithuanian
dogma, Russian
дoгмa, Swedish
dogm
