noun, masculine/ˈdjos/plural: dioses
god
Related: adiós, dios astado, dios cornudo, diosa
Inherited from Old Spanish dios, from Latin deus (“god, deity”), from Old Latin deivos (“god, deity”), from Proto-Italic *deiwos (“god, deity”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god, deity”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”). The form in -os continues the Latin nominative, not the expected accusative as in Ladino dio. This may be due to Ecclesiastical Latin influence. Compare the name Marcos alongside Marco, the former of which may have been spread via the name of the gospel author (though Carlos i