Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
3. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
4. Ancient Greek διά (diá)
5. Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
6. Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
7. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
8. Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō)
9. Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō)
10. Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor.
11. Latin diabolusbor.
12. Proto-West Germanic *diubul
13. Old English dēofol
14. Middle English devel
15. English devil
16. From Middle English devil, devel, deovel, from Old English dēofol, from Proto-West Germanic *diubul, from Latin diabolus, ultimately from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “false accuser, slanderer”), also as "Satan" (in Jewish/Christian usage, translating Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (śātān)), from διαβάλλω (diabállō, “to slander”), literally “to throw across”, from διά (diá, “through, across”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw”). The Old English word was probably adopted under influence of Latin diabolus (itself from the Greek). Other Germanic languages adopted the word independently: compare Saterland Frisian Düüwel (“devil”), West Frisian duvel (“devil”), Dutch duivel, duvel (“devil”), German Low German Düvel (“devil”), German Teufel (“devil”), Bavarian Teifl (“devil”), Danish djævel (“devil”), Swedish djävul (“devil”) (older: djefvul, Old Swedish diævul, Old Norse djǫfull). Doublet of diable, diablo, and diabolus. See: Middle English Nouns '
devil', Latin Nouns '
diabolus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
διάβολος', Dutch Nouns '
duivel', German Nouns '
Teufel', Danish Nouns '
djævel', Swedish Nouns '
djävul', Old Norse Nouns '
djǫfull'.
Verbs referencing "devil"
German Nouns
Teufel, Swedish Nouns
djävul, Danish Nouns
djævel, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
djevel.