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Depose

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to remove someone from a position of power, especially a ruler
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Stage 1 of 2
deponere
Latin · ancient
"to place down, to put aside"
to place down, to put aside, from de- (down) and ponere (to place)
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Stage 2 of 2
depose
English · 1300s
"to remove someone from a position of power"
settled as the English word for removing someone from power
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