Where does “derangeable” come from?
derangeable (English) comes from English derange, from French déranger, from Old French desrengier, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre — to give.
derangeable (English): Able to be deranged or disordered
Definitions
- Able to be deranged or disordered
Ancestry of “derangeable”, step by step
derangeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English derange
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | derange | To cause to go insane or become deranged; To... |
| 2 | French | déranger | to bother; to disrupt; to disarray/disarrange |
| 3 | Old French | desrengier | to disarrange; to cause mayhem or havoc |
| 4 | Old French | des | — |
| 5 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 7 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 8 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |