Etymology

debride

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Today it means: To remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like). Full definition →

French débrider ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Middle Frenchdes-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*de
  9. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  10. Proto-Italic*dē
  11. Latindē
  12. Latindē-
  13. Frenchdé-
  14. Frenchbride
  15. Frenchbrider
  16. Frenchdébrider
  17. English todaydebride

Borrowed from French débrider (“to unbridle, unharness”).

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