Etymology

irreality

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Today it means: Unreality. Full definition →

English reality ← French réalité ← Medieval Latin reālitā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latinir-
  6. Englishir-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  9. Proto-Italic*reis
  10. Classical Latinrēs
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Latinreālis
  14. Medieval Latinreālitā
  15. Frenchréalité
  16. Englishreality
  17. English todayirreality

From ir- + reality.

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