Where does “desnouement” come from?
desnouement (Middle French) comes from Middle French desnouer, from Old French desnoer, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
desnouement (Middle French): instance of unknotting
Definitions
- instance of unknotting
Ancestry of “desnouement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | desnouer | to unknot; to untangle |
| 2 | Old French | desnoer | to unknot |
| 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 |