Etymology

demonstre

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Middle French demonstrer ← Old French demonstrer ← Latin dēmonstrō
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  1. Latin · derived fromdēmonstrō
  2. Old French · derived fromdemonstrer
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromdemonstrer
  4. English todaydemonstre

From Middle French demonstrer, from Old French demonstrer, demoustrer, from Latin dēmonstrō, with re-Latinized spelling.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.