myEtymology.com: French etymology of desert

Etymology of the French word desert

the Old French word desert

derived from the Latin word desertum (desert; wilderness; unfrequented places)

derived from the Classical Latin word deserta (abandoned, deserted wife)

derived from the Latin word desertus (deserted, uninhabited, without people)

derived from the Latin word deserere (cease to be concerned with; fail, fall short; leave, depart, quit; plant, sow)

derived from the Latin word serere (to plant; sow, plant; strew; wreath; join, entwine)

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

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

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

English desert

Word found in Old French