Etymology

disreality

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Today it means: Synonym of unreality, a real or perceived state of being unlike reality. Full definition →

English reality ← French réalité ← Medieval Latin reālitā
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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*(H)reh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  12. Proto-Italic*reis
  13. Classical Latinrēs
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Latinreālis
  17. Medieval Latinreālitā
  18. Frenchréalité
  19. Englishreality
  20. English todaydisreality

From dis- + reality.

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