Meanings
noundisambiguity (uncountable)
- uncountableLack of ambiguity; disambiguation.
The motivation in Slavic is thought partly to be a desire for disambiguity. That is to say, once the nominative and accusative endings have become identical, and due to the free word order of Slavic, a need was felt to differentiate between 'Jack sees Jill' and 'Jill sees Jack'.
2018, Aaron D. Rubin, Studies in Semitic Grammaticalization, page 114
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)
- Latinambiguus
- Latinambiguitās
- Old Frenchambiguite
- Middle Englishambiguite
- Englishambiguity
- Englishdisambiguity
Translations
Spanish desambigüedad
- desambigüedadTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
disambiguity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disambiguity
MLA
“disambiguity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disambiguity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disambiguity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disambiguity.
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