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The diabolo ( ;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Diabolo - Define Diabolo at Dictionary.com )〕 commonly misspelled ''diablo'') is a juggling prop consisting of an axle and two cups or discs. This object is spun using a string attached to two hand sticks. A huge variety of tricks are possible with the diabolo, including tosses, and various types of interaction with the sticks, string, and various parts of the user's body. Multiple diabolos can be spun on a single string. == History and etymology == Diabolos evolved from the Chinese yo-yo, which was originally standardized in the 12th century. Chinese yo-yos have a longer axle with discs on either end, while the diabolo has a very short axle and larger, round cups on either end. Diabolos are made of different materials and come in different sizes and weights. The term "diabolo" was not taken from the Italian word for "devil"—"diavolo"—but was coined by French engineer Gustave Phillippart, who developed the modern diabolo in the early twentieth century,〔Encyclopædia Britannica, 1958 ed.〕 and derived the name from the Greek ''dia bolo'', roughly meaning "across throw". The Greek word "diabolos" means "the liar" or "the one that commits perjury", from the verb "diaballo", which means "to throw in", "to generate confusion", "to divide", or "to make someone fall". Later the word "diabolos" was used by Christian writers as "the liar that speaks against God". From this meaning come many modern languages' words for "devil" (French: ''diable'', Italian: ''diavolo'', Spanish: ''diablo'', Portuguese: ''diabo'', German: ''Teufel'', Polish: ''diabeł''). Confusion about the provenance of the name may have arisen from the earlier name "the devil on two sticks", although nowadays this often also refers to another circus-based skill toy, the devil stick. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「diabolo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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