Where does “delude” come from?
Delude comes from Middle English deluden, from Latin deludo meaning to mock or deceive, composed of the prefix de and the Latin root ludo.
delude (English): To deceive into believing something which is...
Definitions
- To deceive into believing something which is...
Ancestry of “delude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | deluden | To delude or mislead, to fill people's mind with... |
| 2 | Latin | delūdō | to deceive or dupe |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |