Where does “désintéressement” come from?
désintéressement (English) comes from French désintéressement, from French désintéresser, from French intéresser, from Latin interesse, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί, from Proto-Hellenic ehmi — to be.
désintéressement (English): Neutrality; renunciation of involvement or (especially territorial) ambitions
Definitions
- Neutrality; renunciation of involvement or (especially territorial) ambitions
Ancestry of “désintéressement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | désintéressement | disinterest, disinterestedness, unselfishness, detachment |
| 2 | French | désintéresser | give money to as a compensation for something;... |
| 3 | French | intéresser | to interest; to make interested; to be interested... |
| 4 | Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 5 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |