English
depeach
Depeach comes from French dépêcher ‘to dispatch’, from empêcher ‘to stop’, and ultimately from Latin pedis ‘foot’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedis‘foot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedica‘shackle, fetter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpedicōas impedicāre‘to fetter’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400empeechier‘to fetter’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentempêcher‘to stop’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdépêcher‘to dispatch’
- Englishearliest quotation 1589depeach
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedis‘foot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedica‘shackle, fetter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpedicōas impedicāre‘to fetter’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400empeechier‘to fetter’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentempêcher‘to stop’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdépêcher‘to dispatch’
- Englishearliest quotation 1589depeach
Earliest quotation: 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations: “as soon as the party […] before our justices…”
Linked words
through Latin pedis ‘foot’
expedition, expedite, pedantry, pedant, 14 more
through Old French empeechier ‘to fetter’
Today it means
verb To discharge or dispatch
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pedis / depeach