De Latin

De Latin
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From Latin dē- , from the preposition dē ( “ of”, “from ” ) . For sense development, compare Old English æf- , which was a similar prefix.

NOTE: Words using the prefix de- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.

Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
From Dutch de- , from Latin de- .

From Latin dē- , from dē ( “ of”, “from ” ) .

From English de- , from Latin dē ( “ of, from ” ) .

Borrowed from Old French de- , from a combination of Latin de- and dis- .

From Latin dē- , from the preposition dē ( “ of”, “from ” ) , through loan words mainly from French.

Borrowed from Spanish de ( “ of ” ) .

Armenian: ապ- ( ap- )
Catalan: de- (ca)
Danish: de-
Dutch: ver- (nl) , ont- (nl) , de- (nl)
French: dé- (fr)
Georgian: უკუ- ( uḳu- )
German: ent- (de)
Greek: απο- (el) ( apo- )
Indonesian: de-
Italian: dis- (it)
Japanese: 非- ( hi- ) , 脱- ( datsu- ) , 逆- ( saka- )
Malay: nyah- (ms) , de- (ms)
Middle English: dis- , de-

Norwegian:
Bokmål: de-
Nynorsk: de-
Persian: وا ‎ (fa) ( vā- )
Polish: de- (pl) , dez- , roz- (pl) , od- (pl)
Portuguese: de- (pt) , dis- (pt)
Romanian: de- , des- (ro) , dez- (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: di-
Spanish: de- (es)
Swedish: av- (sv) , de- (sv)
Tagalog: hi-

Italian: de- (it)
Middle English: dis- , de-

Romanian: răs- (ro) , răz- (ro)
Spanish: de- (es)

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Etymology of de- by etymonline
Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of de-. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://www.etymonline.com/word/de-
Harper Douglas, “Etymology of de-,” Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed October 14, 2022, https://www.etymonline.com/word/de-.
Harper, Douglas. “Etymology of de-.” Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/de-. Accessed 14 October, 2022.
D. Harper. “Etymology of de-.” Online Etymology Dictionary. https://www.etymonline.com/word/de- (accessed October 14, 2022).
active word-forming element in English and in many verbs inherited from French and Latin, from Latin de "down, down from, from, off; concerning" (see de ), also used as a prefix in Latin, usually meaning "down, off, away, from among, down from," but also "down to the bottom, totally" hence "completely" (intensive or completive), which is its sense in many English words.
As a Latin prefix it also had the function of undoing or reversing a verb's action, and hence it came to be used as a pure privative — "not, do the opposite of, undo" — which is its primary function as a living prefix in English, as in defrost (1895), defuse (1943), de-escalate (1964), etc. In some cases, a reduced form of dis- .
Latin adverb and preposition of separation in space, meaning "down from, off, away from," and figuratively "concerning, by reason of, according to;" from PIE demonstrative stem *de- (see to ). Also a French preposition in phrases or proper names, from the Latin word.
word-forming element of Latin origin meaning 1. "lack of, not" (as in dishonest ); 2. "opposite of, do the opposite of" (as in disallow ); 3. "apart, away" (as in discard ), from Old French des- or directly from Latin dis- "apart, asunder, in a different direction, between," figuratively "not, un-," also "exceedingly, utterly." Assimilated as dif- before -f- and to di- before most voiced consonants.
The Latin prefix is from PIE *dis- "apart, asunder" (source also of Old English te- , Old Saxon ti- , Old High German ze- , German zer- ). The PIE root is a secondary form of *dwis- and thus is related to Latin bis "twice" (originally *dvis ) and to duo , on notion of "two ways, in twain" (hence "apart, asunder").
In classical Latin, dis- paralleled de- and had much the same meaning, but in Late Latin dis- came to be the favored form and this passed into Old French as des- , the form used for compound words formed in Old French, where it increasingly had a privative sense ("not"). In English, many of these words eventually were altered back to dis- , while in French many have been altered back to de- . The usual confusion prevails.
As a living prefix in English, it reverses or negatives what it is affixed to. Sometimes, as in Italian, it is reduced to s- (as in spend , splay , sport , sdain for disdain , and the surnames Spencer and Spence ).

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Lat·in

| \ ˈla-tᵊn

\

1 a

: of, relating to, or composed in Latin

b

: romance

2

: of or relating to Latium or the Latins

3

: of or relating to the part of the Catholic Church that until recently used a Latin rite and forms the patriarchate of the pope

4

: of or relating to the peoples or countries using Romance languages

specifically

: of or relating to the peoples or countries of Latin America

1

: the Italic language of ancient Latium and of Rome and until modern times the dominant language of school, church, and state in western Europe — see Indo-European Languages Table

2

: a member of the people of ancient Latium

3

: a Catholic of the Latin rite

4

: a member of one of the Latin peoples

specifically

: a native or inhabitant of Latin America

5

: latin alphabet

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Lat·in

| \ ˈlat-ᵊn

\

1 a

: of, relating to, or composed in Latin

Latin grammar

b

: romance

Latin languages

2

: of or relating to that part of the Catholic Church that formerly used a Latin rite

3

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the countries or peoples of Latin America

1

: the Italic language of ancient Rome

2

: an ancient Roman

3

: a member of one of the peoples speaking Romance languages

especially

: a person born or living in Latin America

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Relentless
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Definition of Latin (Entry 2 of 2)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Middle English, from Old English, from Latin Latinus , from Latium , ancient country of Italy
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1

defensive end

2

Delaware

3

diatomaceous earth

4

doctor of engineering

1 a

: do the opposite of

de activate

b

: reverse of

de -emphasis

2 a

: remove (a specified thing) from

de louse

b

: remove from (a specified thing)

de throne

3

: reduce

de value

4

: something derived from (a specified thing)

de compound

: derived from something (of a specified nature)

de nominative

5

: get off of (a specified thing)

de train

6

: having a molecule characterized by the removal of one or more atoms (of a specified element)

de oxy-

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1

: do the opposite of

de code

2 a

: remove (a specified thing) from

de louse

b

: remove from (a specified thing)

de throne

3

: reduce

de grade

variants:
or D and E \
ˈdē-ən(d)-ˈē

\

gregarious
superficial
tetchy
flashy

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Middle English, from Anglo-French de-, des- , partly from Latin de- from, down, away (from de , preposition) and partly from Latin dis- ; Latin de akin to Old Irish di from, Old English tō to — more at to , dis-
“DE.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DE. Accessed 14 Oct. 2022.
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