Where does “desplaire” come from?
desplaire (Middle French) comes from Old French desplaire, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti — to give.
desplaire (Middle French): to displease
Definitions
- to displease
Ancestry of “desplaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | desplaire | to irritate; to anger; to strongly displease |
| 2 | Old French | des | — |
| 3 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 5 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 6 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |