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Where does “devotion” come from?

Devotion comes from Old French devocion, from Latin devotio, a noun formed with the Latin suffix -tio from Proto-Indo-European -ti-, itself from Proto-Indo-European -tis.

devotion (English): The act or state of devoting or being devoted;...

Definitions

  1. The act or state of devoting or being devoted;...

Ancestry of “devotion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdevociondevotion
2LatindevotioThe act of devoting or consecrating; Fealty,...
3Latindēvōtum—
4LatindevoveoI vow, offer; promise; devote, dedicate; I mark...
5Latindē-—
6Latindē—
7Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
8Latinposteablative singular of postis
9Proto-Italicposti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “devotion”

  • devotional
  • devotionally
  • devotionalist
  • nondevotional
  • devotionless
  • devotionality
  • misdevotion
  • indevotional
  • undevotion
  • pornographico-devotional
  • self-devotion
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