myEtymology.com: French etymology of deviser

Etymology of the French word deviser

the Old French word deviser

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *devisare

derived from the Latin root *divisare

derived from the Late Latin word dividere

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

derived from the Late Latin word videre (see, look at; consider)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weid-

The earliest known usage of deviser in French dates from the 12th century.

English devise, English devisable

Catalan dors, Catalan hom, Danish en, Dutch één, Dutch emmer, Dutch een, English cry, English one, French défiler, French chandeleur, French crier, French dos, French on, French un, German ein, German Eimer, Gothic ains, Icelandic einn, Italian dorso, Italian gridare, Italian uno, Italian huom, Latin dorsum, Latin unus, Lithuanian defiliuoti, Norwegian ambar, Nynorsk enn, Portuguese dorso, Portuguese gritar, Portuguese ome, Provençal et_anc, Provençal uns, Riksmal en, Russian дeфилировать, Spanish cridar, Spanish dorso, Spanish un, Spanish desfilar, Spanish devisar, Spanish omne, Spanish candelor, Swedish en, Swedish ämbar, Yiddish ejn

Word found in Old French