Etymology

disrealize

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Today it means: To strip of its reality. Full definition →

English realize ← Middle English real ← Old French ree
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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. Late Latinreālis
  17. Old Frenchree
  18. Middle Englishreal
  19. Englishreal
  20. Englishrealize
  21. English todaydisrealize

From dis- + realize.

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