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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

des- en · X

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. 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-.

Meanings

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