Etymograph

English

dev

Dev comes from Armenian դեւ.

  1. Armenianmodernդեւ1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022dev1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English dev
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2022, Brad Norton, MultiVersus patch 1.02 notes: Gizmo release, hitbox overhaul: ““Our goal with this update is to more tightly…”.

Lineage

  1. ArmenianmodernդեւWiktionary, English dev
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022devWiktionary, English dev. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2022, Brad Norton, MultiVersus patch 1.02 notes: Gizmo release, hitbox overhaul: ““Our goal with this update is to more tightly…”

Every English word from Armenian դեւ

Another origin of dev

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dyew-‘to be bright, to shine’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  2. Armenianmodernդեւdew
  3. Englishtodaydev

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dev”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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