Etymograph

English

self-devotion

From self- + devotion.

Formed from self- + devotion

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- ‘to promise, to vow’

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Latin supine

Latin dēvōtum

Latin dēvōtiō ‘the act of devoting or consecrating’

Old French devocion

English devotion

Today it means

noun The act of devoting one's self; willingness to sacrifice one's own interests or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-devotion”. 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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