Where does “déguerpissement” come from?

déguerpissement (French) comes from French ment, from French mentir, from Middle French mentir, from Old French mentir, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis.

déguerpissement (French): the abandonment of the possession of a building; the act by which the purchaser of a landed annuity renounced their ownership in order to discharge themselves of the payment of the annuity

Definitions

  1. the abandonment of the possession of a building; the act by which the purchaser of a landed annuity renounced their ownership in order to discharge themselves of the payment of the annuity

Ancestry of “déguerpissement”, step by step

déguerpissement traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmentthird-person singular present indicative of...
2Frenchmentirto lie
3Middle Frenchmentirto lie
4Old Frenchmentirto lie
5LatinmentiorI lie, deceive; I pretend, feign
6Latinmensmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
7Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
8Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
9Indo-European*men-

via French [[déguerpir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French[[déguerpir

via French déguerpis]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéguerpis]]
Every word from Indo-European *men-Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntisEvery word from Proto-Italic mentis