Where does “désœuvrer” come from?

désœuvrer (French) comes from French œuvrer, from French ouvrer, from Old French ovrer, from Latin operāre, from Latin operārī, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός — to follow; to see; to say.

désœuvrer (French): to deprive of work or of another activity

Definitions

  1. to deprive of work or of another activity

Ancestry of “désœuvrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchœuvrerto work
2Frenchouvrerto work
3Old Frenchovrerto work
4Latinoperāre—
5Latinoperārī—
6LatinOpusThe capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus
7Ancient GreekὈποῦςOpus, Greece
8Ancient Greekὀπόςjuice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice
9Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷósjuice of plants
10Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “désœuvrer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós →Every word from Ancient Greek ὀπός →