English
disreality
Disreality comes from French réalité ‘reality’, from Latin reālis ‘existing in fact, having objective existence’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís ‘wealth, goods’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)reh₁ís1‘wealth, goods’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reis1‘thing, matter’reconstructed
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēs1‘thing, object, stuff’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreālis1‘existing in fact, having objective existence’
- Medieval Latinmodernreālitā1
- Frenchc. 1600–presentréalité1‘reality’
- English1500–presentreality1
- Englishtodaydisreality1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English disreality
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)reh₁ísWiktionary, English disreality‘wealth, goods’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reisWiktionary, English disreality‘thing, matter’reconstructed
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēsWiktionary, English disreality‘thing, object, stuff’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreālisWiktionary, English disreality‘existing in fact, having objective existence’
- Medieval LatinmodernreālitāWiktionary, English disreality
- Frenchc. 1600–presentréalitéWiktionary, English disreality‘reality’
- English1500–presentrealityWiktionary, English disreality
- EnglishtodaydisrealityWiktionary, English disreality
Linked words
through Classical Latin rēs ‘thing, object, stuff’
re, realise, realisation, rebus, 17 more
through Latin reālis ‘existing in fact, having objective existence’
Today it means
noun Synonym of unreality, a real or perceived state of being unlike reality.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “disreality”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís / disreality