Where does “devia” come from?
devia (Romanian) comes from French dévier, from Latin dēviō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
devia (Romanian): to deviate
Definitions
- to deviate
Ancestry of “devia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dévier | to divert; to deviate, stray, go off course; to... |
| 2 | Latin | dēviō | to stray, deviate or detour |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |