Where does “desert” come from?
Desert comes from French déserter, from Old French desert, from Latin desertus meaning "abandoned," derived from Latin deservire meaning "to abandon."
desert (English): That which is deserved or merited; a just...
Definitions
- That which is deserved or merited; a just...
Ancestry of “desert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | desert | The situation of deserving something; That which... |
| 2 | Old French | desert | desert |
| 3 | Latin | dēsertum | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēsertus | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēserō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “desert”