discouragement

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Etymology tree English discourage Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English discouragement From discourage + -ment.

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: ontmoediging — the act of discouraging
• German: Entmutigung — the act of discouraging
• Greek: αποθάρρυνση (apothárrynsi) — the act of discouraging
• Greek: πτόηση (ptóisi) — the act of discouraging
• Irish: mímhisneach — the act of discouraging
• Malagasy: fahakiviana — the act of discouraging
• Malayalam: നിരുത്സാഹനം (nirutsāhanaṁ) — the act of discouraging
• Malayalam: നിരുത്സാഹപ്പെടുത്തൽ (nirutsāhappeṭuttal) — the act of discouraging
• Māori: whakapāhunutanga — the act of discouraging
• Plautdietsch: Mesmoot — the act of discouraging
• Dutch: ontmoediger — anything that discourages