Where does “unrealize” come from?
unrealize (English) comes from English realize, from English real, from Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unrealize (English): To make unreal; to idealize
Definitions
- To make unreal; to idealize
Ancestry of “unrealize”, step by step
unrealize traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English realize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | realize | To make real; to convert from the imaginary or... |
| 2 | English | real | True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent;... |
| 3 | Middle English | real | real, true, factual; concerning possessions;... |
| 4 | Old French | reel | — |
| 5 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 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 |
via English unreal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unreal | fake; not real; very impressive; amazing;... |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 3 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 4 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |