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Where does “déranger” come from?

déranger (French) comes from Old French desrengier, 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.

déranger (French): to bother; to disrupt; to disarray/disarrange

Definitions

  1. to bother; to disrupt; to disarray/disarrange

Ancestry of “déranger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdesrengierto disarrange; to cause mayhem or havoc
2Old Frenchdes—
3Old Frenchdeof; from
4Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
5Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
6Latindāre—
7Proto-Italicdidōgive
8Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “déranger”

  • derangement
  • derange
  • deranger
  • dérangement
  • derangieren
  • derangiert
  • deranja
  • deranje
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →