disassemble

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Medieval Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Medieval Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Medieval Latin -ō Medieval Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble English disassemble From dis- + assemble.

1. To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.

   “To perform the repair it was necessary to disassemble most of the mechanism.”

   “The two machines are being built in Germany by Herrenknecht, and once completed they will be disassembled for their journey to the UK.”

2. To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.