Where does “diabão” come from?
diabão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese diabo, from Old Portuguese diaboo, from Latin Diabolus, from Ancient Greek Διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís — two.
Ancestry of “diabão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | diabo | devil; demon; fiend; an evil or perverse person;... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | diaboo | — |
| 3 | Latin | Diabolus | the Devil |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Διάβολος | slanderous; libellous |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |