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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Dis This! #182641 02/15/2009 11:59 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago 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? Humour me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dis This! musick #182642 02/16/2009 12:07 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass yes, according to OED the Latin root is dedignare, de- [reversing] + dignare, to treat as worthy (cf. deign) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dis This! tsuwm #182647 02/16/2009 3:46 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Could the same be said for Disgrade? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dis This! musick #182807 02/21/2009 12:23 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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