Etymology

decouple

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Today it means: To unlink; to take apart or come apart. Full definition →

Middle French découpler
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  1. Middle French · borrowed fromdécoupler
  2. English todaydecouple

From Middle French découpler. By surface analysis, de- + couple.

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