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disenchant

Meaningto unsing a spell

Common meaning: to free from a false belief

Other meanings: to disappoint

‘apart, away’ + ‘in, into’ + ‘to sing’ → disenchant

Journey through time

  1. Latincanō / cantō‘to sing’
  2. Frenchenchanter
  3. Englishdisenchant‘to free from a false belief’ · today

dis- also in: disarmdiscerndiscorddisdaindisgust

en- also in: enjoyenvoyendureenergyenzyme

chant also in: recantdescantdisenchantment

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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin canō / cantō ‘to sing’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry canō / cantō, p. 281 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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