Etymology

disappropriate

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Today it means: To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere. Full definition →

English appropriate ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis-
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  1. Latindis-
  2. Old Frenchdes-
  3. Latindis-
  4. Middle Englishdis-
  5. Englishdis-
  6. Englishappropriate
  7. English todaydisappropriate

From dis- + appropriate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.