Etymology

disembarrassment

Today it means: Freedom or relief from embarrassment. Full definition →

English embarrassment ← French embarrasser ← Spanish embarazar
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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. Akkadian𒆟 (rakāsum)
  11. Akkadian𒄙 (markasu)
  12. Classical Syriacܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)
  13. Arabicمَرَسَة (marasa)
  14. Old Galician-Portuguesebaraço
  15. Old Galician-Portugueseembaraçar
  16. Old Spanishembaraçar
  17. Spanishembarazar
  18. Frenchembarrasser
  19. Englishembarrass
  20. Englishembarrassment
  21. English todaydisembarrassment

From dis- + embarrassment.

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