Where does “diabolo” come from?
diabolo (English) comes from French diabolo, from French diable, from Middle French diable, from Old French deable, from Ecclesiastical Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek Διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- — two.
diabolo (English): A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which...
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- A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which...
Ancestry of “diabolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | diabolo | diabolo; a sort of sugary non-alcoholic drink |
| 2 | French | diable | devil; rogue, devil; hand truck |
| 3 | Middle French | diable | devil; evil |
| 4 | Old French | deable | devil |
| 5 | Ecclesiastical Latin | diabolus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Διάβολος | slanderous; libellous |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |