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dis ponere
Latin · ancient
"to arrange, to distribute"
to arrange, to distribute, from dis- (apart) and ponere (to place)
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disposer
Old French · medieval
"to arrange or get rid of something"
carried into French for arranging or getting rid of something
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disposal
English · 1500s
"the act of getting rid of something"
settled as the English word for the act of getting rid of something
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