diable
Old French
proper noun
Definitions
- the Devil
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek διάβολος (slanderer, accuser, devil, Devil).
Origin
Ancient Greek
διάβολος
Gloss
slanderer, accuser, devil, Devil
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- diabologue English
- diabology English
- diabololatry English
- *diablus Latin
- diabolus Latin
- diavolo Italian
- -logue French
- diable French
- diabolo French
- διάβολος Ancient Greek
- διαβάλλω Ancient Greek
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- deofol Old English
- dēofol Old English
- djǫfull Old Norse
- إبليس Arabic
- deable Old French
- diable Catalan, Valencian
- διάβολος Greek (modern)
- tiufal Old High German
- díabul Old Irish
- dgiâbl'ye Norman
- dgiâbliotîn Norman
- dgiâbliéthie Norman
- djall Albanian
- diable Middle French
- diablesse Middle French
- 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌻𐌰 Gothic
- *diubal gmw-pro
- *diubul gmw-pro
- diuval Old Dutch
- diabo Old Portuguese
- diuval Old Saxon
- diablu Asturian
- диꙗволъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- diaul Friulian
- диꙗволъ Old East Slavic
- ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ Coptic
- diōvel Old Frisian
- diablo Old Spanish
- diaul Dalmatian
- diabolo Hawaiian
- diale Walloon
- diale Bourguignon
- giavo Istriot
- diavule Corsican
- diábel Old Czech