Where does “deploy” come from?
Deploy comes from French déployer, from Old French desploiier, combining Old French des- with Latin plicare meaning to fold, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.
deploy (English): To prepare and arrange for use; To unfold, open,...
Definitions
- To prepare and arrange for use; To unfold, open,...
Ancestry of “deploy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déployer | to spread out, to unfold; to deploy |
| 2 | Middle French | desployer | Alternative form of desploier |
| 3 | Old French | desploier | — |
| 4 | Latin | deplico | I unfold; I explain |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |