English
dispose
Dispose comes from French disposer ‘to organize, to arrange, to distribute in a…’, from Latin pōnō ‘place, put’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘place, put’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispōnōas dispōnere‘to dispose, distribute or arrange’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdisposer‘to organize, to arrange, to distribute in a certain fashion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599dispose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘place, put’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispōnōas dispōnere‘to dispose, distribute or arrange’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdisposer‘to organize, to arrange, to distribute in a certain fashion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599dispose
Earliest quotation: 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fift: “Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’
homeless, compound, suppose, hamlet, bohemian, impose, homely, hame, 49 more
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti
prepositional, apposite, 38 more
through Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’
site, situation, composition, posture, situate, supposition, preposition, situs, compostela, positivism, 40 more
through Proto-Italic *pozinō
opposition, proposition, exposition, deposition, imposition, compost, suppository, presupposition, compositor, impost, 25 more
through Latin pōnō ‘place, put’
post, position, positive, purpose, opposite, opponent, consolation, propose, expose, repository, proponent, compose, exponent, expound, posit, pone, presuppose, 54 more
Today it means
verb To eliminate or to get rid of something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / dispose