Where does “endiablado” come from?
endiablado (Spanish) comes from Spanish endiablar, from Spanish diablo, from Old Spanish diablo, from Ecclesiastical Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek Διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά — two.
endiablado (Spanish): damned, devilish, devious
Definitions
- damned, devilish, devious
Ancestry of “endiablado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | endiablar | to corrupt |
| 2 | Spanish | diablo | devil |
| 3 | Old Spanish | diablo | devil |
| 4 | Ecclesiastical Latin | diabolus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Διάβολος | slanderous; libellous |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |