Etymology

departure

de·par·ture
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Today it means: The act of departing or something that has departed. Full definition →

Old French deporteure
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  1. Old French · derived fromdeporteure“departure; figuratively, death”
  2. English todaydeparture

From Old French deporteure (“departure; figuratively, death”). By surface analysis, depart + -ure.

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