Where does “dénatter” come from?
dénatter (French) comes from French natter, from French natte, from Middle French nate, from Old French nate, from Vulgar Latin natta, from Latin matta, from Latin mattus, from Latin maditus — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
dénatter (French): to disentangle; to remove knots
Definitions
- to disentangle; to remove knots
Ancestry of “dénatter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | natter | to plait; to braid |
| 2 | French | natte | plait (of hair), braid US |
| 3 | Middle French | nate | — |
| 4 | Old French | nate | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | natta | — |
| 6 | Latin | matta | nominative feminine singular of mattus;... |
| 7 | Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 8 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 9 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 10 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |