Where does “device” come from?
Device comes from Old French devis, from Latin divisus, the past participle of dividere meaning to divide, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning two.
device (English): Any piece of equipment made for a particular...
Definitions
- Any piece of equipment made for a particular...
Ancestry of “device”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | devis | — |
Words derived from “device”