Meanings
adjective
- Disambiguating; tending or intending to disambiguate.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
- Proto-Italic*amβi-
- Latinambi-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Italic*agō
- Latinagō
- Latinambig(ō)
- Latinambiguu
- Englishambigu(ous)
- Englishambiguate
- Englishdisambiguate
- Englishdisambiguatory
From disambiguate + -ory.
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APA
disambiguatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disambiguatory
MLA
“disambiguatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disambiguatory. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disambiguatory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disambiguatory.
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