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noun a communication that makes you afraid to try something
originEtymology tree Latin dēterreōbor. English deter Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English determent From deter + -ment.
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