Disposition
/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/noun
A person's usual mood, temperament, or tendency; also a way something is arranged or placed.
Did you know?Disposition entered English through Latin and Old French as a word for arranging or setting in order, and only later did it take on the psychological sense of a person's settled temperament.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sta-
“to stand, set, place”
Latin
Latin
ponere
“to place, set, put”
Latin
Latin
disponere
“to arrange, distribute, set in order”
Old French
OF
disposition
“arrangement, order; state of mind”
Middle English
English
disposicioun
“arrangement, ordering; condition, temperament”
Modern English
English
disposition
“temperament, tendency; arrangement”