Where does “diablotin” come from?
diablotin (French) comes 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-, from Ancient Greek διά — two.
diablotin (French): small devil, imp; lively, impish child; a certain...
Definitions
- small devil, imp; lively, impish child; a certain...
Ancestry of “diablotin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | diable | devil; rogue, devil; hand truck |
| 2 | Middle French | diable | devil; evil |
| 3 | Old French | deable | devil |
| 4 | Ecclesiastical Latin | diabolus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Διάβολος | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |