Where does “déchargement” come from?
déchargement (French) comes from French décharger, from Old French deschargier, from Late Latin discarricare, from Latin carricō, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós — to run.
déchargement (French): unloading
Ancestry of “déchargement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | décharger | to unload; offload; to discharge; to let off |
| 2 | Old French | deschargier | to unload; to remove the load from something |
| 3 | Late Latin | discarricare | present active infinitive of discarricō;... |
| 4 | Latin | carricō | — |
| 5 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 6 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |