Where does “deviating” come from?
Deviating derives from English deviate, from Latin deviatus, the past participle of deviare, meaning to turn away from a path, formed from Latin de- and via meaning way.
deviating (English): present participle of deviate
Definitions
- present participle of deviate
Ancestry of “deviating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deviate | A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant,... |
| 2 | Latin | deviatus | strayed, deviated, detoured |
| 3 | Latin | dēviō | to stray, deviate or detour |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |