English Explanatory Dictionary

des-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Obsolete form of dis- (“reversal of sense of succeeding word”).
  2. A removal of a group from a molecule.

Word forms

des-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English des- English des- From Middle English des-, dis-, from Old French des-, from Latin dis-.

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