Etymology

deconvert

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Today it means: An apostate. Full definition →

English convert ← Middle English converten ← Old French convertir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Latinconvertō
  8. Old Frenchconvertir
  9. Middle Englishconverten
  10. Englishconvert
  11. English todaydeconvert

From de- + convert.

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