Where does “dispose” come from?
dispose (Italian) comes from Italian disporre, from Latin dispono, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
dispose (Italian): third-person singular past historic of disporre
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of disporre
Ancestry of “dispose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | disporre | to place; to arrange; to set out; to organize; to... |
| 2 | Latin | dispono | I dispose, distribute or arrange |
| 3 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 4 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 5 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |