Where does “diabolicality” come from?
diabolicality (English) comes from English diabolical, from English diabolic, from Middle English diabolik, from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ancient Greek διαβολικός, from Ancient Greek Διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω — two.
diabolicality (English): The state or quality of being diabolical
Definitions
- The state or quality of being diabolical
Ancestry of “diabolicality”, step by step
diabolicality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English diabolical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diabolical | Extremely wicked or cruel; Of or concerning the... |
| 2 | English | diabolic | Showing wickedness typical of a devil; Extremely... |
| 3 | Middle English | diabolik | — |
| 4 | Middle French | diabolique | diabolic |
| 5 | Late Latin | diabolicus | diabolic; relating to the Devil |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διαβολικός | devilish |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Διάβολος | slanderous; libellous |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |