Where does “deviance” come from?
Deviance comes from French déviance, a formation from the French verb dévier meaning to deviate or turn aside.
deviance (English): Actions or behaviors that violate formal and...
Definitions
- Actions or behaviors that violate formal and...
Ancestry of “deviance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | déviance | deviance; anomaly |
| 2 | French | -ance | -ance |
| 3 | Old French | -ance | -ance |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |