Where does “disembarrass” come from?
disembarrass (English) comes from English embarrass, from French embarrasser, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
disembarrass (English): To get out of a difficult or embarrassing...
Definitions
- To get out of a difficult or embarrassing...
Ancestry of “disembarrass”, step by step
disembarrass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English embarrass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | embarrass | to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or... |
| 2 | French | embarrasser | embarrass; clutter; block |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French desembarrasser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | desembarrasser | to disembarrass |
| 2 | French | dés- | dis-, de- |
| 3 | Middle French | dés- | de-; dis |
| 4 | Old French | des- | de-; dis- |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |