Where does “deployment” come from?

Deployment comes from French déploiement, from Old French déployer with the suffix -ment, ultimately from Latin ex- and Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.

deployment (English): An arrangement or classification of things; An...

Definitions

  1. An arrangement or classification of things; An...

Ancestry of “deployment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéploiementdeployment, deploying
2Frenchdéployerto spread out, to unfold; to deploy
3Middle FrenchdesployerAlternative form of desploier
4Old Frenchdesploier
5LatindeplicoI unfold; I explain
6Latindē-of; from
7Latinof; concerning; about
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “deployment

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós
deployment — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer