Etymology

disaffect

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Today it means: To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange. Full definition →

English affect ← Middle English affecten ← Latin affectāre
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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*h₂éd
  11. Proto-Italic*ad
  12. Proto-Italic*ad-
  13. Latinad-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  17. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  18. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  19. Latinfaciō
  20. Latinafficiō
  21. Latinaffectō
  22. Latinaffectāre
  23. Middle Englishaffecten
  24. Englishaffect
  25. English todaydisaffect

From dis- + affect.

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