Etymology

dethrone

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Today it means: To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy. Full definition →

English throne ← Middle English trone ← Latin dē-
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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. Middle Englishtrone
  8. Englishthrone
  9. English todaydethrone

From de- + throne.

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