Etymology

disamenity

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Today it means: A disadvantage or drawback, especially of a location Full definition →

English amenity ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis-
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The story

  1. Latindis-
  2. Old Frenchdes-
  3. Latindis-
  4. Middle Englishdis-
  5. Englishdis-
  6. Englishamenity
  7. English todaydisamenity

From dis- + amenity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.