Where does “deviceful” come from?

deviceful (English) comes from English device, from Middle English devis.

deviceful (English): Full of devices; inventive

Definitions

  1. Full of devices; inventive

Ancestry of “deviceful”, step by step

deviceful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English device

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeviceAny piece of equipment made for a particular...
2Middle Englishdevis—

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful—

Words derived from “deviceful”

Every word from Middle English devis →Every word from English device →