Etymology

disapprove

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Today it means: To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of. Full definition →

English approve ← Middle English aproven ← Old French aprover
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The story

  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*h₂éd
  11. Proto-Italic*ad
  12. Proto-Italic*ad-
  13. Latinad-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  16. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  17. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*probʰHwós
  20. Proto-Italic*proβwos
  21. Proto-Italic*proβos
  22. Proto-Italic*proβāō
  23. Latinprobō
  24. Latinapprobāre
  25. Old Frenchaprover
  26. Middle Englishaproven
  27. Englishapprove
  28. English todaydisapprove

From dis- + approve.

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