Disappoint
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt/noun
To fail to meet the expectations or hopes of someone.
Did you know?The word began as a legal/administrative verb in Middle English meaning to depose or deprive someone of an office, and only later shifted into the emotional sting we use today.
Etymological Timeline
Late Middle English
English
disappointen
“to deprive of an office, position, or appointment”
14th Century
English
disappointen
“to frustrate or thwart a plan or expectation”
Old French
Old French
desapointer
“to remove from office; to frustrate”
Vulgar Latin
Latin
disappunctare
“to unpoint, undo an appointment or arrangement”
Latin
Latin
appointare
“to arrange, assign, or fix in place”
Latin
Latin
punctum
“a point, dot, or small marked place”