Etymology

unreality

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Today it means: Lack of reality or real existence. 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-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  10. Proto-Italic*reis
  11. Classical Latinrēs
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Latinreālis
  15. Medieval Latinreālitā
  16. Frenchréalité
  17. Englishreality
  18. English todayunreality

From un- (“lack of, not”) + reality.

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