Etymology

Diabloer

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Today it means: A player of the Diablo series of action role-playing dungeon crawler video games. Full definition →

Spanish diablo
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromdiablo“devil”
  2. English todayDiabloer

From Diablo + -er. The series was named after Mount Diablo, owing to Diablo’s creator, David Brevik, living near the base of it, itself named from Spanish diablo (“devil”). Brevi subsequently gave the same name to the series’ main antagonist, the Lord of Terror.

Words from the same roots

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diabloDiablo windMount Diablo

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.