Where does “disaffected” come from?
Disaffected comes from English dis- combined with affect, which derives from Latin afficere, meaning to influence or act upon, prefixed with Latin ad-.
disaffected (English): simple past tense and past participle of...
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Ancestry of “disaffected”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disaffect | To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty... |
| 2 | English | affect | To influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an... |
| 3 | Middle English | affect | — |
| 4 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 5 | Latin | afficiō | to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |