Where does “deceiving” come from?
Deceiving comes from Middle English deceyven, from Old French decevoir, from Latin decipere meaning "to ensnare or catch," derived from capio meaning "to take," which traces back to Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-.
deceiving (English): present participle of deceive; deception
Definitions
- present participle of deceive; deception
Ancestry of “deceiving”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deceive | To trick or mislead |
| 2 | Middle English | deceyven | To deceive, trick, or mislead |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | deceivre | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēcipiō | to catch, ensnare, entrap, deceive, mislead, beguile, elude, cheat |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |