Where does “deportment” come from?
Deportment comes from French déportement, formed from French dé- and -ment, from Latin de- and -mentum, a suffix from Latin mens meaning mind, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European méntis.
deportment (English): Bearing; manner of presenting oneself; Conduct;...
Definitions
- Bearing; manner of presenting oneself; Conduct;...
Ancestry of “deportment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déportement | a bad way of life; swerve |
| 2 | French | déporter | to deport; to send to a concentration camp; to... |
| 3 | Old French | deporter | to amuse; to entertain |
| 4 | Latin | deportō | to bring or convey |
| 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 |