The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιάβολος
- Arabic · borrowed fromإِبْلِيس“Iblis”
- English todayIblis
From Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “Iblis”), possibly from the trilateral root ب ل س (b l s) with the general meaning of “despair”, بَلَسَ (balasa). Alternatively, perhaps from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδιάβολος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.