des-
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From Middle English des-, dis-, from Old French des-, from Latin dis-.
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des-
- Obsolete form of dis-. (reversal of sense of succeeding word)
- (organic chemistry) removal of a group from a molecule
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From Spanish des-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.
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- ^ “des-” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
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Catalan edit
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Inherited from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Doublet of dis-, which was borrowed.
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- “des-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “des-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “des-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “des-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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des-
- Alternative form of dez-
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Borrowed from English dis-, French dés-, Italian dis-, Spanish des-. Compare dis-, from the same origin. Decision no. 251, Progreso IV.
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Luxembourgish edit
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Middle English edit
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- Alternative form of dis-
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From Old French des-.
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Norman edit
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From Old French des-, from Latin dis-.
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Occitan edit
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From Old Occitan des-, from Latin dis-.
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Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese des-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.
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- (Brazil) IPA(key): (before a voiceless consonant) /des/, /d͡ʒis/, (before a vowel or voiced consonant) /dez/, /d͡ʒiz/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (before a voiceless consonant) /dɨʃ/, (before a voiced consonant) /dɨʒ/, (before a vowel) /dɨz/, /d͡z/
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des-
- un-; de-; dis- (forms verbs indicating the reversal of the prefixed verb)
- un- (forms nouns indicating the lack or opposite of the prefixed noun)
- Misspelling of dis-.
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Inherited from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish des-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Doublet of dis-, which was borrowed.
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des-
- dis-; indicative of a negative.
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Further reading edit
- “des-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014