Etymology

disputant

dis·pu·tant
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Today it means: A participant in a dispute. Full definition →

English dispute ← Middle English disputen ← Old French desputer
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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. Latinputus
  7. Latinputō
  8. Latindisputo
  9. Old Frenchdesputer
  10. Middle Englishdisputen
  11. Englishdispute
  12. English todaydisputant

From dispute + -ant.

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