Where did the word 'dismantle' come from? [closed]
Solution 1:
Per Etymonline, it comes from Middle French (roughly the period from 1340 to 1611):
1570s, from M.Fr. desmanteler: "to tear down the walls of a fortress," lit. "strip of a cloak," from des- "off, away" (see dis-) + manteler "to cloak" (see mantle).
Related: Dismantled; dismantling.