Etymology

disagreeable

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Today it means: Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing. Full definition →

Middle English disagreable ← Middle French desagreable ← Old French desagraable
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  1. Old French · derived fromdesagraable
  2. Middle French · derived fromdesagreable
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdisagreable
  4. English todaydisagreeable

Inherited from Middle English disagreable, from Middle French desagreable, from Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). By surface analysis, dis- + agreeable.

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