Etymology

disinter

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Today it means: To take out of the grave or tomb. Full definition →

French désenterrer ← Middle French des- ← Old French des-
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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. Middle Frenchdes-
  8. Frenchdés-
  9. Frenchenterrer
  10. Frenchdésenterrer
  11. English todaydisinter

Borrowed from French désenterrer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.