Where does “diabolo” come from?
diabolo (Finnish) comes from English diabolo, 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 — two.
diabolo (Finnish): diabolo juggling apparatus
Definitions
- diabolo juggling apparatus
Ancestry of “diabolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diabolo | A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which... |
| 2 | French | diabolo | diabolo; a sort of sugary non-alcoholic drink |
| 3 | French | diable | devil; rogue, devil; hand truck |
| 4 | Middle French | diable | devil; evil |
| 5 | Old French | deable | devil |
| 6 | Ecclesiastical Latin | diabolus | — |
| 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 |