Where does “disaffection” come from?
Disaffection comes from English disaffect, from English affect, from Latin afficere meaning "to influence or act upon," derived from Latin ad- meaning "to" plus a root from Proto-Indo-European -yéti.
disaffection (English): Discontent; unrest; Alienation; loss of loyalty
Definitions
- Discontent; unrest; Alienation; loss of loyalty
Ancestry of “disaffection”, 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 | — |