{"era":"current","word":"disappointment","meaning":"The feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the non-fulfillment of one's hopes or expectations","children":[{"era":"1400s","word":"disappoint","meaning":"to fail to keep an appointment or promise","children":[{"era":"1300s","word":"desappointer","meaning":"to undo an appointment, to disappoint","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"des-","meaning":"opposite of","children":[],"language":"Old French"},{"era":"1200s","word":"appointer","meaning":"to appoint, to prepare","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"appunctare","meaning":"to point to, to fix","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Middle English/Early Modern English"}],"language":"Modern English"}