English
deviant
Deviant comes from Late Latin dēviāns ‘straying, deviating, detouring’, from Latin viā ‘off the road’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to pursue, be strong’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-‘to pursue, be strong’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wih₁eh₂-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiā‘road’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEviā‘off the road’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdēviō‘to stray, deviate or detour’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEdēviāns‘straying, deviating, detouring’present participle of dēviō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500devyaunt‘deviating, different’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009deviant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-‘to pursue, be strong’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wih₁eh₂-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiā‘road’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEviā‘off the road’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdēviō‘to stray, deviate or detour’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEdēviāns‘straying, deviating, detouring’present participle of dēviō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500devyaunt‘deviating, different’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009deviant
Earliest quotation: 2009, Grekkikay, Constructing Learning through the Creative Evaluation of Vis: “While I myself have no problems as far as…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to pursue, be strong’
virtual, violent, violation, inevitable, virtue, violate, vengeance, avenge, vis, virtuous, venison, wer, vindication, virtuoso, ochre, vim, virile, virility, violator, inviolable, virago, 55 more
through Latin viā ‘off the road’
previous, obvious, via, voyage, convey, envoy, trivial, trivia, viaduct, trivium, obviate, 15 more
Today it means
adj Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- / deviant