Etymograph

English

devoto

Devoto comes from Italian devoto ‘devout, pious’, from Latin dēvōtus ‘vowed, promised, dedicated’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁wegʷʰ-‘to promise, to vow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁wogʷʰéyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*woɣʷeō‘to vow, promise’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvoveō‘vow, promise’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēvoveō‘to vow, offer’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēvōtus‘vowed, promised, dedicated’
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentdevoto‘devout, pious’
  8. Englishtodaydevoto

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁wegʷʰ-‘to promise, to vow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁wogʷʰéyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*woɣʷeō‘to vow, promise’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvoveō‘vow, promise’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēvoveō‘to vow, offer’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēvōtus‘vowed, promised, dedicated’
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentdevoto‘devout, pious’
  8. Englishtodaydevoto

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō ‘to vow, promise’

vote, 2 more

through Latin voveō ‘vow, promise’

vow, 2 more

through Latin dēvōtus ‘vowed, promised, dedicated’

devout, 1 more

Today it means

noun A devotee.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- / devoto

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