disfunction

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

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-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰunégti

Proto-Italic *fungōr

Latin fungor

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin fūnctiō

Old French fonction

Middle French functionbor.

English function

English disfunction

From dis- + function.

Noun

disfunction (countable and uncountable, plural disfunctions)

1. Nonstandard spelling of dysfunction.

References

• “disfunction”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.