Where does “ployment” come from?
ployment (English) comes from English deployment, from French déploiement, from French déployer, from Middle French desployer, from Old French desploier, from Latin deplico, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
ployment (English): The act or movement of forming a column from a...
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- The act or movement of forming a column from a...
Ancestry of “ployment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deployment | An arrangement or classification of things; An... |
| 2 | French | déploiement | deployment, deploying |
| 3 | French | déployer | to spread out, to unfold; to deploy |
| 4 | Middle French | desployer | Alternative form of desploier |
| 5 | Old French | desploier | — |
| 6 | Latin | deplico | I unfold; I explain |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |