devil

Origin: From , devel, deovel, from , from , from , ultimately from , also as "Satan" (in Jewish/Christian usage, translating ), from to slander, literally “to throw across”, from through, across + throw. The Old English word was probably adopted under influence of (itself from the Greek). Other Germanic languages adopted the word independently: compare , , , devil, , , , , (older: djefvul, , ).. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).