English
deviate
Deviate comes from Late Latin dēviātus ‘strayed, deviated, detoured’.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdēviātus‘strayed, deviated, detoured’
- Englishearliest quotation 1711deviate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdēviātus‘strayed, deviated, detoured’
- Englishearliest quotation 1711deviate
Earliest quotation: 1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism: “Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, / May…”
Every English word from Late Latin dēviātus
Another origin of deviate
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdēviātus‘strayed, deviated, detoured’
- Englishtodaydeviate
Another origin of deviate
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdēviātus‘strayed, deviated, detoured’
- Englishtodaydeviate
Today it means
verb To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin dēviātus / deviate