English

Mount Diablo

Mount Diablo comes from Spanish diablo ‘devil’.

Spanishc. 1500–presentdiablo‘devil’literally ‘devil’
EnglishtodayMount Diablo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Spanishc. 1500–presentdiablo‘devil’literally ‘devil’
EnglishtodayMount Diablo

Linked words

through Ancient Greek διάβολος ‘The Devil’

devilish, diabolic, 10 more

through Ecclesiastical Latin diabolus ‘devil’

Today it means

name A mountain in Contra Costa County, California.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish diablo / Mount Diablo

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