Etymology

de son tort

Today it means: Without authority or right (to do something). Full definition →

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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromde
  2. English todayde son tort

Borrowed from French de + son + tort, literally "of his [own] wrong".

Words from the same roots

Frenchde all →

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