Etymology

devilize

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Today it means: To represent as a devil. Full definition →

English devil ← Middle English devel ← Old English dēofol
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekδιαβάλλω (diabállō)
  2. Ancient Greekδιάβολος (diábolos)
  3. Latindiabolus
  4. Proto-West Germanic*diubul
  5. Old Englishdēofol
  6. Middle Englishdevel
  7. Englishdevil
  8. English todaydevilize

From devil + -ize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.