Where does “devious lick” come from?
devious lick (English) comes from English devious, from Latin devius, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
devious lick (English): The act of vandalizing or stealing one or more items in a school; a video depicting this act or the stolen items
Definitions
- The act of vandalizing or stealing one or more items in a school; a video depicting this act or the stolen items
Ancestry of “devious lick”, step by step
devious lick traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English devious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | devious | cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or... |
| 2 | Latin | devius | out of the way; devious; inconstant, erroneous,... |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English lick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lick | The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue; The... |
| 2 | German | leute | people several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another, folk (folks), peeps slang, guys (boys and/or girls) |
| 3 | Middle High German | liute | — |
| 4 | Old High German | liuti | people, subordinates |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *liud(i) | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | liudīz | man, person |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁léwdʰis | people |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lewdʰ- | to grow; people |