desertion
/dɪˈzɜːʃən/dih-ZUR-shuhn
/dɪˈzɝʃən/dih-ZUR-shuhn
Meaningthe act of deserting
Common meaning: abandoning a person, post or duty
- dedown, away, off; undoing
- sertto join, linkLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1680 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘down, away, off’ + ‘to join, link’ → desertion
Journey through time
- Latinserō, seruī, sertum‘to join, link’
- Middle Englishdesertsource
- Englishdesert‘to leave and not come back’
- Englishformed in English from desertdesertion‘abandoning a person, post or duty’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from desert + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DESERT, p.162 · scan
Roots
- serō, seruī, sertum Latin “to join, link”
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