Where does “devilkin” come from?
devilkin (English) comes from English kin, from English fictionkin, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
devilkin (English): A little devil
Definitions
- A little devil
Ancestry of “devilkin”, step by step
devilkin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kin | Race; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same... |
| 2 | English | fictionkin | An individual whose personal identity is based in fiction of some kind: a fictional character, a fictional race or species, etc |
| 3 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 4 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 5 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 6 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Devil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Devil | The chief devil; Satan |
| 2 | Middle English | devel | Satan, Lucifer; A devil; an evil creature that... |
| 3 | Old English | dēofol | demon |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | diubul | devil |
| 5 | Latin | diabolus | devil |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διάβολος | slanderous; libellous; slanderer; the Devil |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βάλλω | I throw, cast, hurl; I let fall; I strike, touch |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *gʷəlnō | — |