"D" Word Origins

From Old French despendre ( > French dépendre), from Latin dispendere.

From Old French despensacion, from Latin dispensatio, "a weighing out or management" — related to "dispense".

From Old French dispenser, from Latin dispensare, "to weigh out, distribute, manage" — from dis- ("apart") + pendere ("to weigh").

From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense + -er.

From Latin dispergere, "to scatter about" — from dis- ("apart") + spargere ("to scatter"), the same root as "sparse".

From Latin dispergere 'to scatter', formed from dis- 'apart' and spargere 'to strew'.

From Middle French desplacer, literally "to remove from place".

From displace, itself from French desplacer, formed from des- 'away' and place.

From Old French despleier, "to unfold or spread out," ultimately from Latin dis- ("apart") + plicare ("to fold") — a doublet of "deploy".

From dis- + please, via Old French desplere.

Perhaps a calque of Old French desplaisant, from the verb desplere (“to displease”). By surface analysis, dis- + pleasing.

From Old French desplaisir, formed from dis- + pleasure.

From Latin displōdō, from dis- + plaudō.

The verb is derived from Middle English disporten, desporten (“to take part in entertainment, sport, etc., to pass time, amuse oneself, be merry; to amuse, entertain; to cheer, console; to behave (in a particular way), deport; to be active, to busy; to relieve (someone of a task); to prevent (someone from attending)”), from Anglo-Norman desporter, Old French desporter, deporter, depporter (“to amuse, entertain; to pass time, amuse oneself; to forbear; to stop”), from Latin deportāre, present active infinitive of dēportō (“to bring, convey; to bring or take home; to carry along or down; to banish, transport”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘from, off’) + portō (“to bear, carry; to bring, convey”) (from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; fare”)). The English word is a doublet of deport and sport. The noun is derived from Middle English disport, desport (“activity providing amusement, pleasure or relaxation; entertainment, recreation; game, pastime, sport; pleasure derived from an activity; source of comfort; consolation, solace; conduct, deportment; customary behaviour, manner; act, activity; departure”), from Anglo-Norman disport, Old French desport, deport (“game, pastime, spor

Borrowed from French disposer, ultimately from Latin disponere, "to arrange."

From Old French disposition, from Latin dispositio, "an arranging" — related to "dispose."

From Middle French dispositif and its source, Latin dispositus. Compare Piedmontese dispositiv.

From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.

From dis- + proportionate, marking the opposite of being in proportion.

From Old French desprover, from des- + prover ("to prove").

From dis- + punishable.

English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.

From Old French desputer, from Latin disputare, "to examine or discuss," from dis- ("apart") + putare ("to reckon, consider").

From dis- + qualify, meaning to remove someone's previously granted qualification or eligibility.

From dis- + recommend.

From dis- + regard.

From dis- + relish.

From dis- + remember.

From dis- + reputable, the opposite of having a good reputation.

From dis- + respect.

From dis- + respectful.

From dis- + robe, echoed in Old French desrober used in the same sense.

From Latin disrumpere, "to break apart," from dis- ("apart") + rumpere ("to break") — the same root gives us "rupture."

From Latin disruptionem, a breaking apart, built from the verb disrumpere ("to break asunder").

From disrupt + -ive; the business sense was popularized in the 1990s by writer Clayton Christensen's work on "disruptive innovation."

Informal clipping of "disrespect," popularized in Jamaican and African American English before spreading into wider slang.

From dis- ("not") + satisfaction.

From Latin dissecare, "to cut apart," from dis- ("apart") + secare ("to cut") — related to "section."

Borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection. By surface analysis, dissect + -ion.

First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dissemblen, dissimblen, dissemelen, borrowed from Old French dessambler, dissembler, disembler, itself borrowed from Latin dissimulō and modified after sembler, semblance, etc. Doublet of dissimulate, dissimilate, and dissimule. Displaced native Old English mīþan.

Borrowed from Latin dissēminātus, the perfect passive participle of dissēminō (“to broadcast, disseminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from dis- (“asunder, in all directions”) + sēminō (“to plant, sow”), from sēmen (“seed”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English disseminat(e) (“disseminated”).

From Latin dissēminātiō, from dissēmināre [from dis- (“in all directions”) + sēmināre (“to plant or propagate”) (itself from sēmen (“seed”))] + -tiō. By surface analysis, disseminate + -tion.

From Latin dissensio, from dissentire, "to disagree."

From Latin dissēnsus (“disagreement, quarrel; dissension, conflict”); or a blend of dissent + consensus.

From Latin dissentire, "to disagree," from dis- + sentire ("to feel, think").

From Latin dissertatio, from dissertare, "to discuss, debate."

From dis- ("not") + service.

From Middle English disseveren, from Anglo-Norman desevrer, Old French dessevrer, from Vulgar Latin *dissēperō, dissēperāre, from Latin dis- + sēparō.