Where does “decevoir” come from?

decevoir (Middle French) comes from Old French decevoir, from Latin dēcipere.

decevoir (Middle French): to deceive; to trick; to fool

Definitions

  1. to deceive; to trick; to fool

Ancestry of “decevoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdecevoirto deceive; to trick; to fool
2Latindēcipere—
Every word from Latin dēcipere →Every word from Old French decevoir →
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