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Where does “dettour” come from?

dettour (Middle English) comes from Old French detour, from Latin dēbitor.

dettour (Middle English): One who is indebted to another; One who must...

Definitions

  1. One who is indebted to another; One who must...

Ancestry of “dettour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdetour—
2Latindēbitor—

Words derived from “dettour”

  • debtor
  • codebtor
  • debtorship
  • homedebtor
Every word from Latin dēbitor →