discontinuance
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːəns/dih-skuhn-TIN-yoo-uhns
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəns/dih-skuhn-TIN-yoo-uhns
Meaningthe act of discontinuing
Common meaning: stopping
- disapart, away; not
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- tinto hold, keep hold ofLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1853 · scan
- uspelling ending (via French)
- ancenoun ending: doing, or the condition that results
‘apart, away’ + ‘with, together’ + ‘to hold, keep hold of’ → discontinuance
Journey through time
- Latinteneō, tenuī, tentum‘to hold, keep hold of’
- Frenchcontinuer
- Englishdiscontinue‘to stop doing, making or providing’
- Englishformed in English from discontinuediscontinuance‘stopping’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from discontinue + -ance.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DISCONTINUE, p.169 · scan
Roots
- teneō, tenuī, tentum Latin “to hold, keep hold of”
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