Where does “deserter” come from?
Deserter comes from Latin desertor, from deserere meaning to abandon, formed from the prefix de- and the root ser- meaning to join or bind.
deserter (English): A person who has physically removed him- or...
Definitions
- A person who has physically removed him- or...
Ancestry of “deserter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | desert | That which is deserved or merited; a just... |
| 2 | Middle English | desert | The situation of deserving something; That which... |
| 3 | Old French | desert | desert |
| 4 | Latin | dēsertum | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēsertus | — |
| 6 | Latin | dēserō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 8 | Latin | dē | — |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “deserter”