Etymology

dishearten

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Today it means: To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage. Full definition →

English hearten ← Middle English herte ← Old English heorte
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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*ḱerd-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱérd
  12. Proto-Germanic*hertô
  13. Proto-West Germanic*hertā
  14. Old Englishheorte
  15. Middle Englishherte
  16. Englishheart
  17. Englishhearten
  18. English todaydishearten

From dis- + hearten.

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