Where does “dévier” come from?
dévier (French) comes from Latin dēviō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
dévier (French): to divert; to deviate, stray, go off course; to...
Definitions
- to divert; to deviate, stray, go off course; to...
Ancestry of “dévier”, step by step
dévier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin dēviō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via Latin dēviāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | dēviāre | — |