Where does “devii” come from?
devii (Esperanto) comes from Latin dēviō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
devii (Esperanto): to deviate from the normal position, direction, value
Definitions
- to deviate from the normal position, direction, value
Ancestry of “devii”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | dēviō | to stray, deviate or detour |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
Words derived from “devii”