délabrer.
to destroy, to ruin, (of a building) to dilapidate
Meaning & usage
to destroy, to ruin, (of a building) to dilapidate
to fall into ruin, become dilapidated
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French délabrer, deslabrer, equivalent to dé- + a derivative of label, lambel (“strip”) or perhaps from Frankish *lappiʀu (compare Old English *lippric), either way from Frankish *lappā (“cloth, rag, lobe”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“corner of clothing, flap”), Old English læppa (“skirt of a garment, lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district”). More at lap, lappet.
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