dé-

French

prefix
Definitions
  • used to make antonyms (similar to English prefixes un-, dis-)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French des- inherited from Old French des- (de-, dis-) inherited from Latin dis- (apart, away, utterly, indicating negation, two, not, double, assunder, in different directions, exceedingly, twice, asunder) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (twice, in two, doubly, twofold) inherited from Latin dē̆x-, dēex, dē- (from, away from, of, down from, away, out of, de-, intensive prefix, down, off, out, removing, concerning).

Origin

Latin

dē-

Gloss

from, away from, of, down from, away, out of, de-, intensive prefix, down, off, out, removing, concerning

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下

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