English Explanatory Dictionary

deter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To prevent something from happening.
  2. To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
  3. To distract someone from something.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈtɜː/ /dɪˈtɝ/ En-us-deter.ogg /dɪˈtɛr/ /dɪˈtøː/ /dɪˈteː/ /dɪˈtɛː/ /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ)/

Word forms

deter deters deterring deterred

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Latin dēterreōbor. English deter Borrowed from Latin dēterreō (“deter, discourage”), from de (“from”) + terreō (“to frighten”).

Synonyms

dissuade

Related words

deterrent deterrence

Derived words

determent deterrability deterrable deterrency deterrer nondeterred undeterred undeterring
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