C14: from Old French disposer, from Latin dispōnere to set in different places, arrange, from dis-1 + pōnere to place
Word Origin and History for dispose
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late 14c., from Old French disposer (13c.) "arrange, order, control, regulate" (influenced in form by poser "to place"), from Latin disponere "put in order, arrange, distribute," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + ponere "to put, place" (see position). Related: Disposed; disposing.