Where does “démembrer” come from?
démembrer (French) comes from Old French desmembrer, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti — to give.
démembrer (French): to dismember; to diminish; to make smaller
Definitions
- to dismember; to diminish; to make smaller
Ancestry of “démembrer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | desmembrer | to dismember; to dismantle; to destroy; to rip to... |
| 2 | Old French | des | — |
| 3 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 5 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 6 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |