Where does “dissuade” come from?
Dissuade comes from Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuadeo, formed with the prefix dis- and a root from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁, meaning to separate or divide.
dissuade (English): To convince not to try or do
Definitions
- To convince not to try or do
Ancestry of “dissuade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | dissuader | — |
| 2 | Latin | dissuādeō | to urge differently, advise against, dissuade, oppose by argument, resist |
| 3 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 4 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 5 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |