Where does “desdeignos” come from?
desdeignos (Old French) comes from French dédaigneux, from French dédaigner, from Old French desdeignier, from Old French deignier, from Latin dīgnō, from Latin dīgnus, from Proto-Italic degnos, from Proto-Indo-European dḱ-nós — take; perceive.
Ancestry of “desdeignos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dédaigneux | scornful, disdainful, contemptuous |
| 2 | French | dédaigner | to scorn, to despise, to disdain |
| 3 | Old French | desdeignier | to disdain |
| 4 | Old French | deignier | to deign; to condescend |
| 5 | Latin | dīgnō | to deem worthy, suitable, or fitting |
| 6 | Latin | dīgnus | appropriate, fitting, worthy, meet, deserving, fit, proper, suitable, becoming |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | degnos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dḱ-nós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |