Etymology

disactivate

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Today it means: Synonym of deactivate. Full definition →

English activate ← Middle English actyf ← Old French actif
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  12. Proto-Italic*agō
  13. Latinagō
  14. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  15. Latināctīvu
  16. Old Frenchactif
  17. Middle Englishactyf
  18. Englishactive
  19. Englishactivate
  20. English todaydisactivate

From dis- + activate.

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