Where does “disassembly” come from?

Disassembly comes from English dis- + assembly, where the dis- prefix derives from Middle English dis-, from Latin dis-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád meaning "to" or "toward."

disassembly (English): The process of disassembling; The code generated...

Definitions

  1. The process of disassembling; The code generated...

Ancestry of “disassembly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassemblyA set of pieces that work together in unison as a...
2Middle Englishassemblee
3Anglo-Normanasembleean assembly
4Old Frenchasembleean assembly
5Old Frenchasemblerto collect up; to get together
6Latinassimulōto consider as similar, make similar, assimilate
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én