Where does “devisee” come from?
Devisee comes from Old French deviser, derived from Latin divido meaning to divide, with the prefix dis- and suffix -atus forming the past participle.
devisee (English): The person or entity to whom property is devised...
Definitions
- The person or entity to whom property is devised...
Ancestry of “devisee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | devise | To use one's intellect to plan or design; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | devisen | Alternative form of devysen |
| 3 | Old French | deviser | to divide |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | devisare | — |
| 5 | Latin | divisāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | dīvīsum | — |
| 7 | Latin | dīvidō | — |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |