Etymology

disenthrone

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Today it means: To remove (someone) from their position as monarch; to deprive of a position of supremacy. Full definition →

English enthrone ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Englishenthrone
  11. English todaydisenthrone

From dis- + enthrone.

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