Where does “discouraging” come from?
Discouraging comes from Middle French descourager, formed from the prefix des- and Old French -er, ultimately deriving from Latin -are and Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.
discouraging (English): present participle of discourage; that causes...
Definitions
- present participle of discourage; that causes...
Ancestry of “discouraging”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | discourage | To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to... |
| 2 | Middle French | descourager | to discourage; to becomes discouraged |
| 3 | Middle French | dés- | de-; dis |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |