The story
- Latin · derived fromdis-“apart”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromdisplicare“to unfold, display”
- Old French · derived fromdespleier
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromdespleier
- Middle English · inherited fromdisplayen
- English todaydisplay
From Middle English displayen, from Anglo-Norman despleier and Old French despleier, desploiier, from Medieval Latin displicare (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of deploy.
Words from the same roots
Latindis- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.