Where does “dispose” come from?
Dispose comes from French disposer, from Latin disponere meaning to arrange or set in order, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning two.
dispose (English): To eliminate or to get rid of something; To...
Definitions
- To eliminate or to get rid of something; To...
Ancestry of “dispose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | disposer | To organize, to arrange, to distribute in a... |
| 2 | Latin | dispōnere | — |
Words derived from “dispose”