Etymology

disapply

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Today it means: To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied Full definition →

English apply ← Middle English aplien ← Old French applier
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The story

  1. Latindis-
  2. Old Frenchdes-
  3. Latindis-
  4. Middle Englishdis-
  5. Englishdis-
  6. Latinapplicō
  7. Old Frenchapplier
  8. Middle Englishaplien
  9. Englishapply
  10. English todaydisapply

From dis- + apply.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.