Etymograph

English

indispose

Indispose comes from Middle French indisposer.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600indisposer
  2. Englishtodayindispose

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600indisposer
  2. Englishtodayindispose

Formed from in- + dispose

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’

…

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin pōnō ‘place, put’

Latin dispōnō ‘to dispose, distribute or arrange’

French disposer ‘to organize, to arrange, to distribute in a…’

English dispose

Today it means

verb To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle French indisposer / indispose