Where does “dezamăgire” come from?
dezamăgire (Romanian) comes from Romanian dezamăgi, from Romanian amăgi, from Vulgar Latin ammagire, from Ancient Greek μαγεύω, from Ancient Greek μάγος, from Ancient Greek Μάγος, from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁, from Proto-Iranian magúš — to be able.
dezamăgire (Romanian): disappointment
Ancestry of “dezamăgire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | dezamăgi | to disillusion, falsify; to disappoint |
| 2 | Romanian | amăgi | to delude, entice, tempt, seduce; to deceive,... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | ammagire | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μαγεύω | cast a spell; bewitch |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μάγος | magical; magician, and derogatorily sorcerer,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μάγος | magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,... |
| 7 | Old Persian | 𐎶𐎦𐏁 | priest |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | magúš | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | magʰúš | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ-ú-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ- | to be able |