Where does “disengaged” come from?
Disengaged comes from Middle French désengager, composed of the prefix dés- and engager, ultimately tracing through Old English -od and Proto-Germanic -ōdaz to Proto-Indo-European roots -eh₂tos and -tós.
disengaged (English): simple past tense and past participle of...
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Ancestry of “disengaged”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ed | Used to form past tenses of verbs. In... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ed | Alternative form of -hede |
| 3 | Old English | -ed | formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped... |
Words derived from “disengaged”