Where does “depose” come from?

Depose comes from Old French de- combined with a root from Latin dis-, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁, meaning to separate or divide.

depose (English): To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay...

Definitions

  1. To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay...

Ancestry of “depose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdeposer

Words derived from “depose

Every word from Old French deposer