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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ment | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | French | mentir | to lie |
| 3 | Middle French | mentir | to lie |
| 4 | Old French | mentir | to lie |
| 5 | Latin | mentior | I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign |
| 6 | Latin | mens | mind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | mentis | mind, thought |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 9 | Indo-European | *men- | — |
via French [[déguerpir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | [[déguerpir | — |
via French déguerpis]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déguerpis]] | — |