Where does “dévouer” come from?
dévouer (French) comes from French vouer, from French vœu, from Old French vuz, from Latin vōtum, from Latin votus, from Latin vovere, from Latin voveo, from Proto-Italic wogʷeō — to promise, to vow; to praise.
dévouer (French): to sacrifice, to make sacrifices; to devote,...
Definitions
- to sacrifice, to make sacrifices; to devote,...
Ancestry of “dévouer”, step by step
dévouer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French vouer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vouer | to vow; to devote; to devote oneself, to be... |
| 2 | French | vœu | vow; wish |
| 3 | Old French | vuz | — |
| 4 | Latin | vōtum | promise, dedication, vow, solemn pledge |
| 5 | Latin | votus | vowed, promised; devoted to (a deity); having been vowed |
| 6 | Latin | vovere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | voveo | I vow, promise; I dedicate or devote to a deity;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wogʷeō | I vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wegʷʰ- | to promise, to vow; to praise |
via Latin devovere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | devovere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |