disentangle
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disentangle
- [ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəɫ]
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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
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Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
Middle English entanglen
English entangle
English disentangle
From dis- + entangle.
verb disentangles · disentangling · disentangled
- To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot. I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
- To unravel; to separate into discrete components or units. This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.
- To become free or untangled.
