Where does “dégât” come from?

dégât (French) comes from Old French deguaster, from Latin devastare, from Latin vastāre, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂st- — empty, wasted; empty; wasted.

dégât (French): damage

Definitions

  1. damage

Ancestry of “dégât”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdeguaster—
2Latindevastarepresent active infinitive of dēvāstō;...
3Latinvastāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂st-empty, wasted; empty; wasted

Words derived from “dégât”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂st- →Every word from Latin vastāre →Every word from Latin devastare →