The story
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wegʷʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wogʷʰéyeti
- Proto-Italic*woɣʷeō
- Latinvoveō
- Latindēvoveō
- Ecclesiastical Latindēvōtu
- Old Frenchdevot
- Middle Englishdevout
- English todaydevout
Inherited from Middle English devout. From Middle English devout, devot, from Old French devot (French dévot), from Latin dēvōtus, perfect passive participle of dēvōveō. Doublet of devote.
Words from the same roots
Latindēvōtus all →
devote
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.