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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...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of...

Ancestry of “disaffected”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdisaffectTo cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty...
2EnglishaffectTo influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an...
3Middle Englishaffect—
4Latinaffectusaffection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,...
5Latinafficiō—
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “disaffected”

  • disaffectedly
  • disaffectedness
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