Meaning

noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

verb pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

verb make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect English disconnect From dis- + connect.

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