- dispirit (v.)
[dispirit 词源字典] - 1640s; see dis- + spirit (n.). Related: Dispirited; dispiriting.[dispirit etymology, dispirit origin, 英语词源]
- displace (v.)
- 1550s, from Middle French desplacer (15c.), from des- (see dis-) + placer "to place." Related: Displaced; displacing. Displaced person "refugee" is from 1944.
- displacement (n.)
- 1610s, "removal from office;" see displace + -ment. Physics sense is from c. 1810.
- display (v.)
- late 13c., "unfurl" (a banner, etc.), from Old French desploiir (Modern French déployer) "unfold, unfasten, spread out" (of knots, sealed letters, etc.), from Latin displicare "to scatter," from dis- "un-, apart" (see dis-) + plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)).
Properly of sails or flags (and unconnected to play); meaning "reveal, exhibit" is late 14c. Related: Displayed; displaying. - display (n.)
- 1580s, "description," from display (v.). Meaning "exhibition" is from 1680s.
- displease (v.)
- early 14c., from Old French desplais-, present tense stem of desplaisir "to displease" (13c.), from Latin displicere "displease," from dis- "not" (see dis-) + placere "to please" (see please). Related: Displeased; displeasing.
- displeasure (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French desplaisir, infinitive used as a noun (see displease). Earlier in same sense was displesaunce (late 14c.).
- disport (v.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French disporter "divert, amuse," from Old French desporter "to seek amusement," literally "carry away" (the mind from serious matters), from des- "away" (see dis-) + porter "to carry," from Latin portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Compare disporter "a minstrel or jester" (early 15c.).
- disposable (adj.)
- 1640s, "that may be done without;" see dispose + -able. Meaning "designed to be discarded after one use" is from 1943, originally of diapers, soon of everything; replaced throw-away (1928) in this sense. First recorded use of disposable income (preserving the older sense) is from 1948.
- disposal (n.)
- 1620s, "power to make use of;" see dispose + -al (2); of waste material, from c. 1960, originally in medical use.
- dispose (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French disposer (13c.) "arrange, order, control, regulate" (influenced in form by poser "to place"), from Latin disponere "put in order, arrange, distribute," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + ponere "to put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Related: Disposed; disposing.
- disposed (adj.)
- mid-14c., "inclined, in the mood," past participle adjective from dispose. Meaning "in a certain condition" is late 14c.; "arranged" is 15c.
- disposition (n.)
- late 14c., "ordering, management," also "tendency of mind," from Old French disposicion (12c.) "arrangement, order; mood, state of mind," from Latin dispositionem (nominative dispositio) "arrangement, management," noun of action from past participle stem of disponere "to put in order, arrange" (see dispose). References to "temperament" (late 14c. in English) are from astrological use of the word for "position of a planet as a determining influence."
- dispossess (v.)
- late 15c., from Old French despossesser "to dispossess," from des- (see dis-) + possesser (see possess). Related: Dispossessed; dispossessing.
- dispossession (n.)
- 1570s, noun of action from dispossess.
- disproof (n.)
- 1530s; see dis- + proof.
- disproportion (n.)
- 1550s; see dis- + proportion.
- disproportionate (adj.)
- 1550s, from dis- "not" + proportionate. Improportionate in same sense is from late 14c. Related: Disproportionately.
- disprove (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French desprover "refute, contradict," from des- (see dis-) + prover (see prove). Related: Disproved; disproving.
- disputant (n.)
- 1610s, from Latin disputantem (nominative disputans), present participle of disputare (see dispute).
