Is pagan related to propaganda? [closed]

A pagan is someone who holds religious beliefs other than the main world religions.

Propaganda is misleading information.

Pagans could be ostracized for holding different beliefs and being labelled as "misinformants".

Also, where did the "da" ending come from?

Solution 1:

No.

Pagan:

from Late Latin paganus "pagan," in classical Latin "villager, rustic; civilian, non-combatant" noun use of adjective meaning "of the country, of a village,"

Online Etymological Dictionary

Middle English, from Late Latin pāgānus, from Latin, country-dweller, civilian, from pāgus, country, rural district; see pag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.

American Heritage Dictionary

Propaganda:

"committee of cardinals in charge of Catholic missionary work," short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions.

Online Etymological Dictionary

from Latin prōpāgandā, ablative feminine gerundive of prōpāgāre, to propagate; see PROPAGATE.

American Heritage Dictionary

But also yes.

Ultimately both from Proto-Indo European pag-:

pagan, peasant, from Latin pāgus, "boundary staked out on the ground," district, village, country;

propagate, from Latin prōpāgāre, to propagate (< "to fix before"; prō‑, before, in front; see per1);

The American Heritage Dictionary Indo-European Roots