des-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "des"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-bor.

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Latin dis-bor.

Middle English des-

English des-

From Middle English des-, dis-, from Old French des-, from Latin dis-.

Prefix

des-

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

sed, eds, Eds, Esd., SDE, EDS, EDs, SED, eds., DSE, ESD

Asturian

Alternative forms

es-
s- (reduced)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese des-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

Prefix

des-

dis-; indicative of a negative
‎des- + ‎axuntar (“to put together, assemble”) → ‎desaxuntar (“to disassemble, take apart”)

‎des- + ‎calecer (“to warm up”) → ‎descalecer (“to cool down”)

‎des- + ‎pesllar (“to lock”) → ‎despesllar (“to unlock”)

‎des- + ‎amurniar (“to sadden”) → ‎desamurniar (“to cheer up”)
(chiefly dialectal) alternative form of es-

Derived terms

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish des-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

Prefix

des-

dis-; expresses separation, reversal, or negation.^[1]
‎des- + ‎agertu (“to appear”) → ‎desagertu (“to disappear”)

References

^ R. L. Trask (2008), “des-”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 154

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Doublet of dis-, which was borrowed.

Prefix

des-

indicates the negation of a verb; dis-, un-
‎des- + ‎fer (“to do”) → ‎desfer (“to undo”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with des-

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dɛs ]

Prefix

des-

alternative form of dez-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with des-

desinfekce

desinformace

Danish

Etymology

From French dés-, from Latin dis-.

Prefix

des-

dis-, de-
Synonyms: fra-, af-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with des-

desinficere

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛs/

Prefix

des-

des-
dis-

Dutch terms prefixed with des-

German

Prefix

des-

des-
dis-

German terms prefixed with des-

Desinformation

Desinvestition

Desoxidation

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English dis-, French dés-, Italian dis-, Spanish des-. Compare dis-, from the same origin. Decision no. 251, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛs/

Prefix

des-

Expresses the opposite of the root word.
‎des- + ‎honoro (“honor”) → ‎deshonoro (“dishonor”)

Derived terms

Ido terms prefixed with des-

References

Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 150, 215, 216, 282, 287

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /des/, [dəs], /dæs/

Prefix

des-

de-; dis-

Derived terms

Luxembourgish terms prefixed with des-

Middle English

Prefix

des-

alternative form of dis-

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French des-.

Prefix

des-

de-; dis-

Descendants

French: dé-, dés-

Norman

Etymology

From Old French des-, from Latin dis-.

Prefix

des-

dis-

Derived terms

Norman terms prefixed with des-

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan des-, from Latin dis-.

Prefix

des-

de-; dis-

Old French

Etymology

From a conflation of Latin dis- (“apart”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwís) and Late Latin dē ex = dē- (“from”) + ex- (“out”).

Prefix

des-

de-; dis-

Descendants

French: dé-, dés-
Norman: dê-, d's-
→ English: des-

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese des-, from Latin dis-.

Pronunciation

(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/

Prefix

des-

un-; de-; dis- (forms verbs indicating the reversal of the prefixed verb)
‎des- + ‎ligar (“to turn on”) → ‎desligar (“to turn off”)
un- (forms nouns indicating the lack or opposite of the prefixed noun)
‎des- + ‎amor (“love”) → ‎desamor (“disdain”)
misspelling of dis-