English
she-devil
From she- + devil.
A compound of she- + devil
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to hit by throwing’
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Latin diabolus
Proto-West Germanic *diubul
Old English dēofol ‘a demon, devil’
Middle English devil
English devil
Today it means
noun A female devil (as opposed to a he-devil, male devil).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “she-devil”. 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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