Where does “derange” come from?
Derange comes from French déranger, from Old French desrengier, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- meaning to turn or scatter.
derange (English): To cause to go insane or become deranged; To...
Definitions
- To cause to go insane or become deranged; To...
Ancestry of “derange”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déranger | to bother; to disrupt; to disarray/disarrange |
| 2 | Old French | desrengier | to disarrange; to cause mayhem or havoc |
| 3 | Old French | des | — |
| 4 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 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 |