godspell
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Analysed as God + spell, literally “God-message”, an alteration of earlier gōdspell (“good news”), from gōd (“good”) + spell (“message, news”), a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō or bonus nūntius, which was a then-current explanation of the meaning of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡodˌspell/, [ˈɡodˌspeɫ]
Declension
Declension of godspell (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | godspell | godspell |
| accusative | godspell | godspell |
| genitive | godspelles | godspella |
| dative | godspelle | godspellum |
Derived terms
- godspellian (“evangelize”)
- godspellere (“evangelist”)
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