Where does “undeceive” come from?
Undeceive derives from English deceive, which comes from Latin decipere, formed from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- meaning to seize or take.
undeceive (English): To free from misconception, deception or error
Definitions
- To free from misconception, deception or error
Ancestry of “undeceive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deceive | To trick or mislead |
| 2 | Middle English | deceyven | To deceive, trick, or mislead |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | deceivre | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēcipiō | to catch, ensnare, entrap, deceive, mislead, beguile, elude, cheat |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |