Disagree
/ˌdɪs.əˈɡriː/noun
To have or express a different opinion; to fail to correspond or be in harmony.
Did you know?Disagree comes from Latin roots meaning “not” + “pleasing,” so at its deepest level it began as the idea of something that does not fit or satisfy.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
dis-
“apart, not, reversal”
Latin
Latin
gratus
“pleasing, welcome, thankful”
Old French
OF
desagreer
“to be displeasing; to be at variance”
Middle English
ME
disagre(en)
“to be unsuitable or not accord with”
Modern English
English
disagree
“to have a different opinion or fail to match or harmonize”
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