Where does “unreality” come from?
Unreality derives from English real with the prefix un-, from Latin realis meaning "relating to things," from Latin res meaning "thing," from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."
unreality (English): Lack of reality or real existence; The state of...
Definitions
- Lack of reality or real existence; The state of...
Ancestry of “unreality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reality | The state of being actual or real; A real entity,... |
| 2 | French | réalité | reality |
| 3 | Middle French | realité | property, possession |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | realitas | reality |
| 5 | Late Latin | realis | actual; real, actual |
| 6 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 7 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 8 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 9 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |