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Where does “desiren” come from?

desiren (Middle English) comes from Old French desirrer, from Latin dēsīderō, from Latin sider-.

Ancestry of “desiren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdesirrerto desire; to covet
2Latindēsīderō—
3Latinsider-—

Words derived from “desiren”

  • desire
  • desiring
  • desirability
  • desireth
  • desirest
  • undesirability
  • desirably
  • desirer
  • desireless
  • desirelessness
  • desireful
  • undesiring
  • undesire
  • nondesire
  • desirefulness
  • desirive
  • laŭdezire
  • dezirinda
  • deziregi
  • deziri
  • dezirinda
  • deziregar
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