Etymology Explorer
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Where does “devise” come from?
devise (Middle French) comes from Old French devise.
Ancestry of “devise”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
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Old French
devise
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Words derived from “devise”
devise
devisee
deviser
deviseth
devisable
devisal
devisest
redevise
undevisable
Every word from Old French devise →