de-

Meaning

  1. (morpheme) reversal, undoing
  2. (morpheme) to remove from, removed
  3. (morpheme) Intensifying
  4. (morpheme) derived from, of
  5. (morpheme) down, downward

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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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