dogma

Where does the word "dogma" come from? It comes from Greek dogma, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).

Dogma’s story begins in Greek: dogma meant “an opinion, a belief.” An opinion, a belief, from dokein (to seem, to think). It reached English by 1600s as dogma. Settled as the word for a firmly held belief accepted as authoritative. Today, dogma means a principle or belief put forward as authoritative and not to be doubted.

1. Stage 1 · Greek · ancient dogma "an opinion, a belief", an opinion, a belief, from dokein (to seem, to think).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1600s dogma "a firmly held belief accepted without question", settled as the word for a firmly held belief accepted as authoritative.