'desynchronize' originates from the prefix 'de-' meaning 'reverse' and the word 'synchronize' from Greek 'synchronos', where 'syn-' meant 'together' and 'chronos' meant 'time'.

'synchronize' transformed from the Greek word 'synchronos' and eventually became the modern English word 'synchronize', with 'desynchronize' forming by adding the prefix 'de-'.

Initially, it meant 'to reverse synchronization', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.