The story
- Old French · derived fromdesrengier“throw into disorder”
- French · derived fromdéranger
- English todayderange
From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.