Where does “deformen” come from?
deformen (Middle English) comes from Old French deformer, from Latin deformare, from Latin deformo, from Latin de-, from Latin de, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
deformen (Middle English): to deform
Definitions
- to deform
Ancestry of “deformen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | deformer | — |
| 2 | Latin | deformare | present active infinitive of dēfōrmō;... |
| 3 | Latin | deformo | I form, fashion; I design, delineate, describe; I... |
| 4 | Latin | de- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |