Where does “diavol” come from?
diavol (Romanian) comes from Old East Slavic диꙗволъ, from Ancient Greek Διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
diavol (Romanian): devil
Ancestry of “diavol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old East Slavic | диꙗволъ | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Διάβολος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |