Where does “désenchantement” come from?
désenchantement (French) comes from French désenchanter, from Old French desenchanter, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
désenchantement (French): disenchantment
Definitions
- disenchantment
Ancestry of “désenchantement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | désenchanter | to disenchant |
| 2 | Old French | desenchanter | to disenchant |
| 3 | Old French | des | — |
| 4 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |