Where does “disposing” come from?
Disposing comes from English dispose, from French disposer, from Latin disponere meaning "to arrange," from Latin dis- "apart" and posnō in Proto-Italic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwís and dwóh₁.
disposing (English): present participle of dispose; The act by which...
Definitions
- present participle of dispose; The act by which...
Ancestry of “disposing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dispose | To eliminate or to get rid of something; To... |
| 2 | French | disposer | To organize, to arrange, to distribute in a... |
| 3 | Latin | dispōnere | — |
Words derived from “disposing”