Where does “usurpment” come from?
usurpment (English) comes from English usurp, from French usurper, from German usurpieren, from Spanish usurpar, from Portuguese usurpar, from Italian usurpare, from Latin ūsurpō, from Latin ūsus — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
usurpment (English): usurpation
Definitions
- usurpation
Ancestry of “usurpment”, step by step
usurpment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English usurp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | usurp | To seize power from another, usually by... |
| 2 | French | usurper | to usurp |
| 3 | German | usurpieren | to usurp |
| 4 | Spanish | usurpar | to usurp |
| 5 | Portuguese | usurpar | to usurp |
| 6 | Italian | usurpare | to usurp, to take over |
| 7 | Latin | ūsurpō | to use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute |
| 8 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 9 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |