Where does “predispose” come from?
Predispose comes from Middle French prédisposer, meaning to arrange or set in order beforehand.
predispose (English): To make someone susceptible to something; To make...
Definitions
- To make someone susceptible to something; To make...
Ancestry of “predispose”, step by step
predispose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English predisposition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | predisposition | the state of being predisposed or susceptible to... |
| 2 | English | disposition | The arrangement or placement of certain things;... |
| 3 | Middle English | disposicioun | The nature or state of something; Preparing or... |
| 4 | Middle French | disposition | — |
| 5 | Old French | disposition | arrangement; layout |
| 6 | Latin | dispositiō | a regular disposition, arrangement; management, direction |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Middle French prédisposer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | prédisposer | — |