dé-

Signification (Anglais)

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

Synonymes

dés-

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/de/

Étymologie (Anglais)

* Partially inherited from Middle French des-, from Old French des-, from a conflation of Latin dis- (“apart”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwís) and Late Latin dē ex = dē- (“from”) + ex- (“out”); Compare the neological borrowing dis-.
* Partially borrowed from Latin dē- (“from”) in some cases; compare the inherited form de-.