verb/de.la.bʁe/
to destroy, to ruin, (of a building) to dilapidate; to fall into ruin, become dilapidated
“Sapristi, comme on t'a délabré le minois!”
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.