Incense "joss" is derived from the Latin "deus" (god) via the Portuguese "deos" through the Javanese "dejos", through Chinese pidgin English. The raw materials are powdered and then mixed together with a binder to form a paste, which, for direct burning incense, is then cut and dried into pellets. Incense of the Athonite Orthodox Christian tradition is made by powdering frankincense or fir resin, mixing it with essential oils. Floral fragrances are the most common, but citrus such as lemon is not uncommon. The incense mixture is then rolled out into a slab approximately 1 cm thick and left until the
Deus Deus Deus () is Latin for "god" or "deity". Latin "deus" and "dīvus" "divine", are descended from Proto-Indo-European *"deiwos", "celestial" or "shining", from the same root as "*Dyēus", the reconstructed chief god of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon. In Classical Latin, "deus" (feminine "dea") was a general noun referring to a deity, while in technical usage a "divus" or "diva" was a figure who had become divine, such as a divinized emperor. In Late Latin, "Deus" came to be used mostly for the Christian God. It was inherited by the Romance languages in French "Dieu", Spanish "Dios", Portuguese and Galician "Deus", Italian