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Delude

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to deceive someone into believing something false
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Stage 1 of 2
deludere
Latin · ancient
"to deceive, to play false"
to deceive, to play false, from de- (down, thoroughly) and ludere (to play)
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Stage 2 of 2
delude
English · 1400s
"to deceive someone's mind or judgment"
settled as the English word for deceiving someone's mind or judgment
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