Etymograph

English

displode

Displode comes from Latin displōdō ‘to spread out, dilate, extend’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisplōdō1‘to spread out, dilate, extend’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1667displode1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English displode
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1667, John Milton, Book VI: “In posture to displode their second tire / Of…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisplōdōWiktionary, English displode‘to spread out, dilate, extend’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1667displodeWiktionary, English displode. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1667, John Milton, Book VI: “In posture to displode their second tire / Of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- ‘in two, apart’

dissuade, 10 more

through Proto-Italic *dis-

debate, discover, discipline, disguise, disciplinary, dissent, diffuse, disciple, defraud, diss, 11 more

Today it means

verb To burst with a loud bang; to explode.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “displode”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin displōdō / displode

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