Where does “dénouement” come from?
dénouement (English) comes from French dénouement, from Middle French desnouement, from Middle French desnouer, from Old French desnoer, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus — to give.
dénouement (English): The conclusion or resolution of a plot
Definitions
- The conclusion or resolution of a plot
Ancestry of “dénouement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | dénouement | outcome; dénouement |
| 2 | Middle French | desnouement | instance of unknotting |
| 3 | Middle French | desnouer | to unknot; to untangle |
| 4 | Old French | desnoer | to unknot |
| 5 | Old French | des | — |
| 6 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 8 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 9 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
Words derived from “dénouement”