Where does “dishevel” come from?

dishevel (English) comes from Old French descheveler, from Old French chevel, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

dishevel (English): To throw into disorder; upheave; To disarrange or...

Definitions

  1. To throw into disorder; upheave; To disarrange or...

Ancestry of “dishevel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdescheveler—
2Old Frenchchevelhair
3Latincapillusa hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “dishevel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →