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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
- Ancient Greekἀρχι- (arkhi-)
- Latinarchi-
- Old Englisharċe-
- Middle Englisharch-
- Englisharch-
- Ancient Greekδιαβάλλω (diabállō)
- Ancient Greekδιάβολος (diábolos)
- Latindiabolus
- Proto-West Germanic*diubul
- Old Englishdēofol
- Middle Englishdevel
- Englishdevil
- English todayarchdevil
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.