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Disdain.
"I don't disdain you, I, actually, dain you".
The word origin(s) seems to have a prefix "de" / "des"... turned into the now *pronounced "dis". Are they prefixes... or even a hint of one implied? Deconstructionism for its own sake?
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yes, according to OED the Latin root is dedignare, de- [reversing] + dignare, to treat as worthy (cf. deign)
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Could the same be said for Disgrade?
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What I find interesting in these dis-ses is take f.i. the word
disentangle versus discourage.
There seem to be two solutions.
entangle-disentangle
but: encourage-discourage .. not disencourage.
Is it by accident that some have kept the 'en' and others have lost it?
Just the ordinary illogics of language?
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