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Where does “disaffectedness” come from?

disaffectedness (English) comes from English disaffected, from English disaffect, from English affect, from Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.

disaffectedness (English): The quality of being disaffected

Definitions

  1. The quality of being disaffected

Ancestry of “disaffectedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdisaffectedsimple past tense and past participle of...
2EnglishdisaffectTo cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty...
3EnglishaffectTo influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an...
4Middle Englishaffect—
5Latinaffectusaffection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,...
6Latinafficiō—
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →