Etymology

disarticulation

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Today it means: The act of disarticulating. Full definition →

English articulation ← Middle English articulacioun ← Old French articulacion
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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*h₂r-tú-s
  11. Proto-Italic*artus
  12. Latinartus
  13. Ancient Greekἄρθρον (árthron)
  14. Latinarticulus
  15. Latinarticulō
  16. Medieval Latinarticulātiō
  17. Old Frencharticulacion
  18. Middle Englisharticulacioun
  19. Englisharticulation
  20. English todaydisarticulation

From dis- + articulation.

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