Editing Devil (section)

== Etymology ==
The Modern English word ''[[:wikt:devil|devil]]'' derives from the [[Middle English]] ''[[wikt:devel|devel]]'', from the [[Old English]] ''[[wikt:deofol|dēofol]]'', that in turn represents an early Germanic borrowing of the [[Latin]] ''[[:wikt:diabolus|diabolus]]''. This in turn was borrowed from the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|[[:wikt:διάβολος|διάβολος]]}} ''diábolos'', "slanderer",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Ddia%2Fbolos διάβολος], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> from {{lang|el|διαβάλλειν}} ''diabállein'', "to slander" from [[wikt:διά|διά]] ''diá'', "across, through" and βάλλειν ''bállein'', "to hurl", probably akin to the [[Sanskrit]] ''gurate'', "he lifts up".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devil|title=Definition of DEVIL|website=www.merriam-webster.com|access-date=23 April 2016}}</ref>