Etymograph

English

self-discrepancy

From self- + discrepancy.

Formed from self- + discrepancy

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Latin crepō ‘to rattle, rustle, clatter’

Latin discrepō ‘to disagree (with), differ or vary’

Latin discrepāns ‘disagreeing’

Latin discrepantia

English discrepancy

Today it means

noun The gap in an individual self-perception of what they actually are and what they ought to be.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / self-discrepancy