Etymology

derealize

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Today it means: To detach from reality; to subject to or cause to undergo derealization. Full definition →

English real ← Middle English real ← Old French ree
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  9. Proto-Italic*reis
  10. Classical Latinrēs
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Late Latinreālis
  14. Old Frenchree
  15. Middle Englishreal
  16. Englishreal
  17. English todayderealize

From de- + real + -ize.

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