Where does “diablito” come from?
diablito (Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec) comes from Spanish diablito, from Spanish diablo, from Old Spanish diablo, from Ecclesiastical Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek Διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά — two.
diablito (Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec): hand truck
Definitions
- hand truck
Ancestry of “diablito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | diablito | hand truck |
| 2 | Spanish | diablo | devil |
| 3 | Old Spanish | diablo | devil |
| 4 | Ecclesiastical Latin | diabolus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Διάβολος | slanderous; libellous |
| 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 |