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Where does “démeubler” come from?

démeubler (French) comes from French meubler, from French meuble, from Italian mobilia, from German Möbel, from Middle French meuble, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

démeubler (French): to remove the furniture from ; to unfurnish

Definitions

  1. to remove the furniture from ; to unfurnish

Ancestry of “démeubler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmeublerto furnish; to break the silence
2Frenchmeublepiece of furniture; charge; piece of personal...
3Italianmobiliafurniture; third-person singular present...
4GermanMöbelfurniture; piece of furniture
5Middle Frenchmeuble—
6Latinmōbilis—
7Latin-bilis-ble
8Proto-Italic-ðlis—
9Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
10Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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