"des-" meaning in English

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Prefix

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-. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:inh|enm:dis-&lt;alt:des-&gt;|tree=1}} 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- [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "apart", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*d(w)is-", "gloss" : "in two, apart", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwóh₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwís", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dis-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dis-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "des-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*dis-<ety:inh<ine-pro:*dwís<alt:*d(w)is-><t:in two, apart>>>", "id" : "apart", "tree" : "+", "title" : "dis-" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dis-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "dis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "des-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="des-">, {{inh|en|enm|des-}} Middle English des-, {{der|en|fro|des-}} Old French des-, {{der|en|la|dis-}} Latin dis- Head templates: {{en-prefix}} des-
  1. Obsolete form of dis- (“reversal of sense of succeeding word”). Tags: alt-of, morpheme, obsolete Alternative form of: dis- (extra: reversal of sense of succeeding word)
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  2. (organic chemistry) A removal of a group from a molecule. Tags: morpheme
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