- disarray (n.)
[disarray 词源字典] - early 15c., "disorder, confusion;" see disarray (v.).[disarray etymology, disarray origin, 英语词源]
- disarticulate (adj.)
- early 15c.; see dis- + articulate (adj.).
- disassemble (v.)
- 1610s, "to disperse;" see dis- + assemble. Meaning "to take apart" is from 1922. Related: Disassembled; disassembling; disassembly.
- disassociate (v.)
- c. 1600, from dis- + associate (v.). Related: Disassociated; disassociating; disassociation.
- disaster (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro "ill-starred," from dis-, here merely pejorative (see dis-) + astro "star, planet," from Latin astrum, from Greek astron (see star (n.)). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet.
- disastrous (adj.)
- 1580s, "ill-starred," from French désastreux (16c.), from désastre (see disaster) or from Italian desastroso. Meaning "calamitous" is from c. 1600. Related: Disastrously.
- disavow (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French desavouer (13c.), from des- "opposite of" (see dis-) + avouer (see avow). Related: Disavowed; disavowing.
- disavowal (n.)
- 1748; see disavow + -al (2).
- disband (v.)
- 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), in military sense, from des- (see dis-) + band (v.). Related: Disbanded; disbanding.
- disbar (v.)
- "deprive of the privileges of a barrister," 1630s; see dis- "opposite of" + bar in the legal sense. Related: Disbarred; disbarring; disbarment.
- disbelief (n.)
- 1670s; see dis- + belief. A Latin-Germanic hybrid.
- disbelieve (v.)
- 1640s; see dis- + believe. Related: Disbelieved; disbelieving; disbeliever.
- disburse (v.)
- 1520s, disbourse, from Old French desbourser (13c.) "extract (money) from a purse, spend (money)," from des- (see dis-) + bourse "purse" (see bursar). Related: Disbursed; disbursing.
- disbursement (n.)
- 1590s; see disburse + -ment.
- disc (n.)
- Latinate spelling preferred in British English for most uses of disk (q.v.). American English tends to use it in the musical recording sense; originally of phonograph records, recently of compact discs. Hence, discophile "enthusiast for gramophone recordings" (1940).
- discalceate (adj.)
- "unshod, barefoot," 1650s, from Latin discalceatus, from dis- (see dis-) + calceatus, past participle of calceare "to furnish with shoes," from calceus "shoe."
- discard (v.)
- 1590s, literally "to throw a card away," from dis- "away" + card (n.). Figurative use (in a non-gaming sense) is first recorded 1580s. In the card-playing sense, decard is attested by 1550s. Related: Discarded; discarding. As a noun, from 1742.
- discern (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French discerner (13c.) "distinguish (between), separate" (by sifting), and directly from Latin discernere "to separate, set apart, divide, distribute; distinguish, perceive," from dis- "off, away" (see dis-) + cernere "distinguish, separate, sift" (see crisis). Related: Discerned; discerning.
- discernible (adj.)
- also discernable, 1560s, from French discernable, from discerner (see discern). Form with -a- was more common at first; spelling changed to -i- 17c. to conform to Latin discernibilis.
- discerning
- "action of perceiving," late 14c., verbal noun from discern. As a present participle adjective, attested from c. 1600.
