## Etymology
First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dissemblen, dissimblen, dissemelen, borrowed from Old French dessambler, dissembler, disembler, itself borrowed from Latin dissimulō and modified after sembler, semblance, etc. Doublet of dissimulate, dissimilate, and dissimule. Displaced native Old English mīþan.

## AI Etymology
Dissemble is first attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dissemblen, dissimblen, dissemelen, borrowed from Old French dessambler, dissembler, disembler, itself borrowed from Latin dissimulō and modified after sembler, semblance, etc. Doublet of dissimulate, dissimilate, and dissimule. Displaced native Old English mīþan. Important recorded forms include *sem- (Proto-Indo-European), dissemblen (Middle English), dissembler (Old French), and dissimulō (Latin). Current senses include to hide your true feelings or intentions by pretending. The wider family includes derived forms such as dissembler, dissemblingly, undissembled, and undissembling.

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