deleo

Senso (Inglese)

(conjugation-2) to destroy, raze, annihilate
(conjugation-2) to finish, terminate, put an end to
(conjugation-2) to delete (e.g. Ecclesiastical: from the book of life)

distruggere

disintegrare

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈdeː.ɫe.oː]

Traditionally taken as a back-formation from dēlēvī, originally the perfect tense of dēlinō (“to wipe off”), from dē- + linō (“to daub, smear”). However, De Vaan is skeptical of the derivation due to the lack of concurrent attestation of dēlinō with linō and lēvī (all attestations of dēlinō come later), and prefers Meiser's derivation from a causative dē- + *oleō, the root being Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (“to destroy”), comparing Hittite [script needed] (hallanna/i-ᶦ, “to trample down”), Ancient Greek ὄλλῡμι (óllūmi, “to wreck, destroy”). Possibly also related to Ancient Greek δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “to destroy, annihilate, spoil”).