myEtymology.com: English etymology of disillusion

Etymology of the English word disillusion

the English word disillusion

derived from the English word illusion

derived from the Latin word illusio (irony; mocking, jeering)

derived from the Latin word illusum

derived from the Latin word illudere (mock, ridicule, speak mockingly of)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Latin word ludere (play, mock, tease)

using the Latin prefix il-

derived from the English word dis-

using the Latin prefix dis-