Where does “displacement” come from?
Displacement comes from French déplacement, from Old French déplacer with the suffix -ment, ultimately from Latin mens meaning mind, via Proto-Indo-European méntis.
displacement (English): The act of displacing, or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of displacing, or the state of being...
Ancestry of “displacement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déplacement | trip, journey; movement; a move |
| 2 | French | déplacer | to move; To go around, to move about; To come... |
| 3 | French | dé- | used to make antonyms |
| 4 | Middle French | dés- | de-; dis |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |