English
derangement
Derangement comes from French dérangement ‘disturbance, inconvenience, disruption,…’, and goes back to Old French desrengier ‘to disarrange’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400desrengier‘to disarrange’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdéranger‘to bother’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdérangement‘disturbance, inconvenience, disruption, trouble, bother’
- Englishearliest quotation 1838derangement
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400desrengier‘to disarrange’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdéranger‘to bother’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdérangement‘disturbance, inconvenience, disruption, trouble, bother’
- Englishearliest quotation 1838derangement
Earliest quotation: 1838, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Keeping up Appearances. […]: “Young as he was at the time, he had…”
Formed from derange + -ment
Old French reng ‘line, row’
Old French rengier ‘to put into line’
Old French desrengier ‘throw into disorder’
French déranger ‘to disarray/disarrange’
English derange
Every English word from Old French desrengier
Today it means
noun The property of being deranged.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French desrengier / derangement