Etymology

disambiguation

dis·am·big·u·a·tion
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Today it means: The removal of ambiguity. Full definition →

English ambiguation ← Latin ambiguu ← Proto-Italic *agō
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  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*h₂ent-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  13. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  14. Latinambi-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  17. Proto-Italic*agō
  18. Latinagō
  19. Latinambig(ō)
  20. Latinambiguu
  21. Englishambigu(ous)
  22. Englishambiguation
  23. English todaydisambiguation

From dis- + ambiguation.

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