English
deployant
Deployant comes from French déployer ‘to deploy’, and goes back to Middle French desployer.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600desployer
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdéployeras déployant‘to deploy’
- Englishtodaydeployant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600desployer
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdéployeras déployant‘to deploy’
- Englishtodaydeployant
Every English word from Middle French desployer
Today it means
adj Of the clasp of a wristwatch: having an expanding metal mechanism used for fitting the two ends of the strap together.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French desployer / deployant