Where does “deplacement” come from?

deplacement (Danish) comes from French déplacement, from French déplacer, from French dé-, from Middle French dés-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.

deplacement (Danish): displacement quantity of a liquid displaced by a floating body

Definitions

  1. displacement quantity of a liquid displaced by a floating body

Ancestry of “deplacement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéplacementtrip, journey; movement; a move
2Frenchdéplacerto move; To go around, to move about; To come...
3Frenchdé-used to make antonyms
4Middle Frenchdés-de-; dis
5Latindē-of; from
6Latinof; concerning; about
7Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
8Latinposteablative singular of postis
9Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Latin dē-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti
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