Where does “development” come from?
development (English) comes from French développement, from French développer, from Middle French desveloper, from Old French desveloper, from Old French voloper, from Vulgar Latin vuloppare, from Proto-Germanic wlappaną, from Proto-Indo-European werb- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
development (English): The process of developing; growth, directed...
Definitions
- The process of developing; growth, directed...
Ancestry of “development”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | développement | development |
| 2 | French | développer | to develop; to code |
| 3 | Middle French | desveloper | — |
| 4 | Old French | desveloper | — |
| 5 | Old French | voloper | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | vuloppare | to wrap |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wlappaną | to wrap, roll up, turn, wind |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werb- | to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
Words derived from “development”
- developmental
- redevelopment
- developmentally
- underdevelopment
- neurodevelopmental
- developmentalist
- developmentalism
- neurodevelopment
- overdevelopment
- predevelopment
- codevelopment
- antidevelopment
- nondevelopment
- ecodevelopment
- postdevelopmental
- misdevelopment
- neurodevelopmentally
- megadevelopment
- superdevelopment
- developmentary
- developmentation
- DevOps
- counterdevelopment
- ethnodevelopment