Where does “disposition” come from?

disposition (Middle French) comes from Old French disposition, from Latin dispositiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Ancestry of “disposition”, step by step

disposition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French disposition

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	disposition	arrangement; layout
2	Latin	dispositiō	a regular disposition, arrangement; management, direction
3	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
4	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
5	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
6	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
7	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8	Latin	calceus	shoe
9	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
10	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Latin dispositiōnem

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	dispositiōnem	—

Words derived from “disposition”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →