Etymology

destabilize

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Today it means: To make something unstable. Full definition →

English stabilize ← Middle English stable ← Anglo-Norman stabe
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  9. Proto-Italic*staējō
  10. Proto-Italic*staēō
  11. Proto-Italic*staðlis?
  12. Latinstabili
  13. Old Frenchestable
  14. Anglo-Normanstabe
  15. Middle Englishstable
  16. Englishstable
  17. Englishstabilize
  18. English todaydestabilize

From de- + stabilize.

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