myEtymology.com: English etymology of dethrone

Etymology of the English word dethrone

the English word dethrone

using the English prefix de- (a suffix which indicates the removal, separation, descent, etc)

derived from the Old French prefix de-

derived from the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the English word throne

derived from the Old French word trone

derived from the Latin word thronus (Lamentations; ; dirge)

derived from the Greek word thronos, θρόνος (a stately seat ('throne'); by implication, power or (concretely) a potentate)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dher-

derived from the Latin word trutina (balance, pair of scales)

derived from the Greek word trutane