plz dont give me some weird link, or some weird phrase that's hard to decipher. just tell me straight out. thx!
2006-09-21 15:34:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Middle English: from Old French *supplanter* or Latin *supplantare* meaning to "trip up" and "from below."
2006-09-21 15:38:33 · answer #1 · answered by Hot Lips 4077 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Middle English, from Anglo-French supplanter, from Latin supplantare to trip up, cause to stumble, from sub- + planta sole of the foot.
2006-09-21 15:44:59 · answer #2 · answered by HEY HOW ARE YA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
supplant-c.1300, "to trip up, overthrow, defeat, dispossess," from O.Fr. supplanter "to trip up, overthrow," from L. supplantare "trip up, overthrow," from sub "under" + planta "sole of the foot." Meaning "replace one thing with another" first recorded 1671. Interesting sense evolution parallel in Heb. akabh "he beguiled," from akebh "heel."
2006-09-21 15:36:49 · answer #3 · answered by jsweit8573 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to your wikipedia and type in origin of _____ and it will give it to you. I just did it so I would be able to tell you. You can look up all of the other words you are asking for while you are there also.Have a good day!
2006-09-21 15:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋