desorden

/desˈoɾden/ · B1 · noun · m

untidiness

🧦🧸 des + orden = un-order: the order has been undone

Spanish des- reverses a word, like English dis-. Orden is order, so desorden is order taken apart. English disorder is built the same way from Latin, so the two words line up piece by piece.

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