Where does “deranged” come from?
deranged (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.
deranged (English): disturbed or upset, especially mentally; insane;...
Definitions
- disturbed or upset, especially mentally; insane;...
Ancestry of “deranged”, step by step
| 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 |