Etymology

demoniac

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Today it means: Possessed or controlled by a demon. Full definition →

Middle English demoniak ← Old French demoniaque ← Late Latin daemoniacus
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromdaemoniacus
  2. Old French · derived fromdemoniaque
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdemoniak
  4. English todaydemoniac

From Middle English demoniak et al., from Old French demoniaque, from Late Latin daemoniacus.

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