Etymology

disbelief

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Today it means: An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case. Full definition →

English belief ← Middle English bileve ← Old English lēafa
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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*lewbʰ-
  11. Proto-Germanic*laubō
  12. Proto-West Germanic*laubu
  13. Old Englishlēafa
  14. Middle Englishbileve
  15. Englishbelief
  16. English todaydisbelief

From dis- + belief.

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