Etymology

disaccustom

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Today it means: To cause (someone) to break a habit or become unaccustomed to something that they were previously accustomed to Full definition →

Middle English disacustome ← Old French desacostumer
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromdesacostumer“render unfamiliar”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdisacustome
  3. English todaydisaccustom

From Middle English disacustome, from Old French desacostumer (“render unfamiliar”) (compare French désaccoutumer). Equivalent to dis- + accustom.

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