Etymology

dissociative

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Today it means: Removing or separating from some association. Full definition →

English dissociate ← Latin dissociō ← Proto-Italic *sokjos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  10. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  11. Latinsokios
  12. Latinsocius
  13. Latinsociō
  14. Latindissociō
  15. Englishdissociate
  16. English todaydissociative

From dissociate + -ive.

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