Derail

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mid 19th century: from French dérailler, from dé- (expressing removal) + rail ‘rail’.

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From French dérailler(“to go off the rails”).

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derail (v.)

1850 (Dionysius Lardner, "Railway Economy"), in both transitive and intransitive senses, "cause to leave the rails or run off the tracks; to run off the rails or tracks," from French dérailler "to go off the rails," from de- (see de-) + railler (see rail (n.1)). Related: Derailed; derailing.