Where does “discharge” come from?
Discharge comes from Middle English dischargen, from Anglo-Norman descharger, from Old French chargier with the prefix dis-, ultimately from Latin carrus meaning wagon or cart.
discharge (English): To accomplish or complete, as an obligation; To...
Definitions
- To accomplish or complete, as an obligation; To...
Ancestry of “discharge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dischargen | — |
| 2 | Old French | deschargier | to unload; to remove the load from something |
| 3 | Late Latin | discarricare | present active infinitive of discarricō;... |
| 4 | Latin | carricō | to load |
| 5 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 6 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |