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Where does “désemparer” come from?

désemparer (French) comes from French emparer, from Occitan emparar, from Vulgar Latin imparare, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg- — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

désemparer (French): to disable; to cripple, to damage

Definitions

  1. to disable; to cripple, to damage

Ancestry of “désemparer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchemparerto seize, get hold of; to take over
2Occitanemparar—
3Vulgar Latinimparareto prepare in
4Latinparāre—
5Latinparō—
6Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
7Proto-Italicpektos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
9Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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