Etymology

disassemble

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Today it means: To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly. Full definition →

English assemble ← Middle English assemblen ← Old French assembler
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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*sem-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*sem-h₂-lo-
  16. Proto-Italic*semalis
  17. Latinsimilis
  18. Latinsimulō
  19. Medieval Latinassimulō
  20. Old Frenchassembler
  21. Middle Englishassemblen
  22. Englishassemble
  23. English todaydisassemble

From dis- + assemble.

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