Does the word religion come from the word religio which means reverent in Latin?

Question

do we really know what the words mean that we use?

mark101112,
Wow! How refreshing!
Yes it is from HIM nothing Ican do

Answer 1

To bind oneself.... to God!

As if.... something WE could do... would make us .... well pleasing .... to and for.... GOD? NOT!

(Ephesians 2:8-to-10) For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God,

(Eph 2:9) not of works, lest anyone should boast.

(Eph 2:10) For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

Grace is Unmerited PARDON!

Thanks, RR

Answer 2

It does come from 'religio', but 'religio' does not mean 'reverent'. "Religio' is a noun, and 'reverent' is an adjective.

One possible meaning of 'religio' is 'reverence', but there are several others, depending on context:

Religio = supernatural constraint/taboo; obligation; sanction; worship; rite; sanctity; respect, awe/conscience/scruples; religion, sense of right, moral obligation.

The Latin for 'reverent' would be the adjective form derived from the noun. That's 'religiosus'.

Answer 3

Etymology: Middle English religioun, from Anglo-French religiun, Latin religion-, religio

Answer 4

Yes indeed. If you were a little kid and I was teaching Sunday school,you'd get a gold star for that. Two,even.

Answer 5

How's this?

LUCK:

1. (Hebrew )--- a derivative of the word 'leeklook' : dirt, dirtying;(good-for-nothing[slang]); fake, scoundrel....(compare English: ‘leek‘... a large, smelly weed of
the onion family, used in soups and stews)...
also: ‘ leeklek’---soiled, dirty, (spoiled it all, wasted...[slang])...(note Judas Iscariot’s
reaction to the woman’s anointing of Jesus with the oil of spikenard in Mat 26:8, and Mk 14:4…”Why this waste?”)
2. (Latin)--- ‘(re)lego‘--- to send away, remove, send into retirement, banish, relegate;
to shift: blame, responsibility; (shirking responsibility)...to give back (return)...
3. (Latin)--- ‘relego‘--- to gather up, collect again, to travel over, to sail over again,
to go over, to review, to reread...(Do it again?...)
4 (Latin )--- ‘religio‘---(religion): subject to religious claims; religious liability...( note the resemblance to 'relego)
5. (Latin)---‘religare‘---to tie back, to tie up, to untie, to unfasten, to bind...

Answer 6

I think it does.