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
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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History of the word 'devil'