deserter
English
/dɪˈzɜːtə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin desertor (deserter) suffix from English desert root from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ser-
Gloss
bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
糸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antideserter English
- assertion English
- assertive English
- assort English
- desert English
- desert fruit cake English
- desertest English
- deserteth English
- desertful English
- desertic English
- deserticolous English
- desertification English
- desertify English
- desertland English
- desertless English
- desertlike English
- desertness English
- desertress English
- desertscape English
- deserty English
- dissertation English
- indesert English
- insertable English
- misdesert English
- nondesert English
- paleodesert English
- semi-desert English
- semidesert English
- sermonette English
- subdesert English
- uninsertable English
- Sarantes Latin
- Saris Latin
- Sars Latin
- Serante Latin
- assertus Latin
- consors Latin
- cōnsors Latin
- desero Latin
- desertor Latin
- desertus Latin
- dissertatio Latin
- disserto Latin
- exsertus Latin
- insertus Latin
- sera Latin
- seraceum Latin
- series Latin
- seriēs Latin
- sermōnem, sermō Latin
- sermōnārī Latin
- sertus Latin
- serum Latin
- servo Latin
- servāre Latin
- sors Latin
- sortem Latin
- sermo Italian
- sermone Italian
- ἔνερσις Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμῆς Ancient Greek
- ἥρως Ancient Greek
- ὀρός Ancient Greek
- ὁρμή Ancient Greek
- ὁρός Ancient Greek
- *ser- Proto-Indo-European
- *sermō Proto-Indo-European
- *swerg- Proto-Indo-European
- *streþaną Proto-Germanic
- सरत् Sanskrit
- desert Middle English
- *sьrbъ Proto-Slavic
- sermon Old French
- Sarria Galician
- désertion Middle French
- *hera Proto-Finnic
- *sortis Proto-Italic
- 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- *héřřō Proto-Hellenic
- *həřřéyō Proto-Hellenic
- *serg- bat-pro
- desert
- assort
- deserty
- indesert
- desertic
- subdesert
- desertify
- desertest
- nondesert
- deserteth
- desertful
- misdesert
- assertive
- assertion
- desertland
- desertless
- desertress
- desertness
- desertlike
- insertable
- semidesert
- sermonette
- semi-desert
- desertscape
- paleodesert
- dissertation
- antideserter
- uninsertable
- deserticolous
- desertification
- desert fruit cake