de-
Meaning
- (morpheme) reversal, undoing
- (morpheme) to remove from, removed
- (morpheme) Intensifying
- (morpheme) derived from, of
- (morpheme) down, downward
Synonyms
de -
Pronounced as (IPA)
/diː/
Etymology
From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”). For sense development, compare Old English æf-, which was a similar prefix.
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