Where does “debris” come from?
debris (English) comes from French débris, from Old French debrisier, from Old French dé, from Latin dadu, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
debris (English): Alternative spelling of debris
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of debris
Ancestry of “debris”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | débris | debris |
| 2 | Old French | debrisier | to break |
| 3 | Old French | dé | die |
| 4 | Latin | dadu | — |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |