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- Latin · derived fromdīgressiōnem
- Old French · derived fromdigressiun
- English todaydigression
From Old French digressiun or disgressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from dīgressus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs), the past passive participle of dīgredior (“to step away, to digress”), from dis- + gradior (“to step, walk, go”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.