devotus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of dēvoveō (“vow, offer”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈwoː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈvɔː.tus] === Participle === dēvōtus (feminine dēvōta, neuter dēvōtum); first/second-declension participle vowed, promised, dedicated, having been vowed, devoted appointed, destined, having been appointed (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: devote → Old French: devotMiddle French: dévotFrench: dévot→ Romanian: devot→ Middle English: devout, devouth, devot, devote, devolteEnglish: devoutScots: devot, devote, devoit Piedmontese: divot Romanian: devot → Portuguese: devotar === References === “devotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “devotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "devotus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “devotus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.