Where does “derangement” come from?
Derangement comes from French dérangement, from French déranger combined with Middle French -ment, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- meaning to turn or scatter.
derangement (English): The property of being deranged; An act or...
Definitions
- The property of being deranged; An act or...
Ancestry of “derangement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dérangement | disturbance, inconvenience, disruption, trouble,... |
| 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 |