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Where does “désarmer” come from?

désarmer (French) comes from Middle French desarmer, from Old French desarmer, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.

désarmer (French): to disarm

Definitions

  1. to disarm

Ancestry of “désarmer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdesarmerto disarm
2Old Frenchdesarmerto disarm
3Old Frenchdes—
4Old Frenchdeof; from
5Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
6Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
7Latindāre—
8Proto-Italicdidōgive
9Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “désarmer”

  • desarmere
  • desarmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →