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devoir

Meaningto owe

Common meaning: duty or respectful act

Journey through time

  1. Latindebere‘to owe’source
  2. Old Frenchdeveir‘to owe’source
  3. Frenchdevoirsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto owe → duty or respectful actdevoir‘duty or respectful act’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin debere ‘to owe’.

Roots

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