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The word "Devi" and "Devil"

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From: (Anonymous) Date: December 10th, 2002 05:05 pm (UTC) (Link)
how would i know if my son is trying to be a deveil worship
From: (Anonymous) Date: April 1st, 2003 08:54 am (UTC) (Link)

dev-il

the name devil is actually composed of 2 names dev(deva)is aryan for shining one and il (el)is semetic for the 1st and mighty one .so actually the name is a title meaning the first shining one .which is desciptive of the protrayal of lucifer by the christrians.los
fangs_echidna From: [info]fangs_echidna Date: November 4th, 2004 03:57 pm (UTC) (Link)

History of the word 'devil'

According to The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Word Histories, the word devil comes from Old English deofol, related to Dutch duivel and German Teufel. Deofel came via late Latin from Greek diabolos, meaning 'accuser, slanderer', a word used in the Septuagint to translate Hebrew satan. The source is the Greek verb diaballein 'to slander', from dia 'across' and ballein 'to throw'.
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