Etymology

destituent

des·ti·tu·ent
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Today it means: Deficient; lacking. Full definition →

Latin dēstituēns
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdēstituēns“abandoning”
  2. English todaydestituent

Borrowed from Latin dēstituēns (“abandoning”), present participle of dēstituō (“to forsake, to abandon”).

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