"devout" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

Forms: devouth [alternative], devot [alternative], devote [alternative], devolte [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Ecclesiastical Latin dē Ecclesiastical Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti Proto-Italic *wogʷeō Ecclesiastical Latin voveō Ecclesiastical Latin dēvoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Ecclesiastical Latin -tus Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtusbor. Old French devotbor. Middle English devout Borrowed from Old French devot, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtus, from dēvoveō + -tus. From Old French devot, devout, from Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:devot<id:adj>|id=Religious devotion|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Ecclesiastical Latin dē Ecclesiastical Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti Proto-Italic *wogʷeō Ecclesiastical Latin voveō Ecclesiastical Latin dēvoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Ecclesiastical Latin -tus Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtusbor. Old French devotbor. Middle English devout Borrowed from Old French devot, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtus, from dēvoveō + -tus., {{bor|enm|fro|devot}} Old French devot, {{der|enm|la|dēvōtus||vowed, promised}} Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} devout
  1. devout
    Sense id: en-devout-enm-adj-WSeF1~b2
  2. sacred, holy
    Sense id: en-devout-enm-adj-YTGcST~8
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