Etymology

diabolus

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Today it means: Synonym of tritone. Full definition →

Latin diabolus ← Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos) ← Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  5. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
  8. Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
  9. Ancient Greekδιαβάλλω (diabállō)
  10. Ancient Greekδιάβολος (diábolos)
  11. Latindiabolus
  12. English todaydiabolus

From Latin diabolus. Doublet of devil, diable, and diablo.

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