Where does “deputaire” come from?
deputaire (Old French) comes from Old French dé, from Latin dadu, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
deputaire (Old French): wretched; awful; terrible
Definitions
- wretched; awful; terrible
Ancestry of “deputaire”, step by step
deputaire traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French dé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | dé | die |
| 2 | Latin | dadu | — |
| 3 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 4 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 5 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via Old French pute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pute | nominative singular of putain; dirty woman; whore |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | putta | prostitute |
| 3 | Latin | puta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | puto | I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,... |
| 5 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |
via Old French aire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | aire | appearance; semblance |
| 2 | Latin | ārea | a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town) |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | āzeā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |