Where does “dar ao demo” come from?
dar ao demo (Galician) comes from Galician ao, from Galician a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
dar ao demo (Galician): to go to hell; to send to hell; to abhor; to...
Definitions
- to go to hell; to send to hell; to abhor; to...
Ancestry of “dar ao demo”, step by step
dar ao demo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician ao
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | ao | to the |
| 2 | Galician | a | to, toward; introduces indirect object; used to... |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Galician demo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | demo | devil; demon; the Devil; an evil person |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | demo | the Devil; Satan; a devil; a demon |
| 3 | Latin | daemōn | a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δαίμων | god, goddess; departed soul; demon, evil spirit |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δαίω | to light up, to kindle, to set on fire; to burn... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |