devout

Middle English

adjective

Definitions

devout
sacred, holy

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French devot derived from Latin dēvōtus (vowed, promissed, promised).

Origin

Latin

dēvōtus

Gloss

vowed, promissed, promised

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

devote English
devout English
devoutful English
devoutless English
devoutly English
devoutness English
indevout English
undevout English
dēvoveō Latin
dēvōtus Latin
dévot French
devoto Portuguese
devot Old French