Where does “deviation” come from?
deviation (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin deviatio, from Latin devio, from Latin de-, from Latin de, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Ancestry of “deviation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | deviatio | evasion, avoidance; deviation; straying |
| 2 | Latin | devio | I stray, deviate or detour; dative masculine... |
| 3 | Latin | de- | de- |
| 4 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |
Words derived from “deviation”