Where does “diabolo” come from?
diabolo (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.
diabolo (French): diabolo; a sort of sugary non-alcoholic drink
Definitions
- diabolo; a sort of sugary non-alcoholic drink
Ancestry of “diabolo”, 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 |