Where does “απογοήτευση” come from?
απογοήτευση (Greek) comes from Greek απογοητεύω, from French désenchanter, from Old French desenchanter, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre — to give.
απογοήτευση (Greek): disappointment
Ancestry of “απογοήτευση”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | απογοητεύω | disappoint, let down |
| 2 | French | désenchanter | to disenchant |
| 3 | Old French | desenchanter | to disenchant |
| 4 | Old French | des | — |
| 5 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 7 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 8 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |