desert
English
/dɪˈzɜːt/, /dɪˈzɝt/, /ˈdɛzət/, /ˈdɛzɚt/, /dɪˈzɜːt/, /dɪˈzɝt/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English desert (wilderness, deserved) derived from Old French deserte (deserved) derived from Latin dēserviō.
Origin
Latin
dēserviō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antideserter English
- antidesertification English
- desert fruit cake English
- deserter English
- desertest English
- deserteth English
- desertful English
- desertic English
- deserticolous English
- desertification English
- desertify English
- desertland English
- desertless English
- desertlessly English
- desertlike English
- desertness English
- desertress English
- desertscape English
- deserty English
- fruit cake English
- hyperdesertic English
- indesert English
- land English
- misdesert English
- nondesert English
- paleodesert English
- semi-desert English
- semidesert English
- semidesertic English
- subdesert English
- desertor Latin
- dēserviō Latin
- desert Middle English
- deserte Old French
- deservir Old French
- land
- deserty
- indesert
- desertic
- deserter
- deserteth
- subdesert
- desertify
- desertful
- misdesert
- desertest
- nondesert
- fruit cake
- desertlike
- desertland
- desertless
- semidesert
- desertress
- desertness
- paleodesert
- semi-desert
- desertscape
- desertlessly
- antideserter
- semidesertic
- deserticolous
- hyperdesertic
- desertification
- desert fruit cake
- antidesertification