Etymology

disempowerment

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Today it means: The act of disempowering Full definition →

English empowerment ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis-
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The story

  1. Latindis-
  2. Old Frenchdes-
  3. Latindis-
  4. Middle Englishdis-
  5. Englishdis-
  6. Englishempowerment
  7. English todaydisempowerment

From dis- + empowerment.

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