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de
1[ duh; French duh; Spanish de; Portuguese di ]
preposition
- from; of (used in French, Spanish, and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin):
Comte de Rochambeau; Don Ricardo de Aragón.
DE
2abbreviation for
- Delaware (approved especially for use with zip code).
de'
3[ duh; Italian de ]
preposition
- dei (used in Italian names as an elided form of dei ):
de' Medici.
de-
4D.E.
5abbreviation for
- Doctor of Engineering.
- driver education.
DE
1abbreviation for
- (formerly in Britain) Department of Employment
- Delaware
de-
2prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives
- removal of or from something specified
dethrone
deforest
- reversal of something
decode
decompose
desegregate
- departure from
decamp
de
3/ ə /
(no translation)
- of; from: occurring as part of some personal names and originally indicating place of origin
de la Mare
Simon de Montfort
D'Arcy
de
4the internet domain name for
- Germany
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of de1
From French, Portuguese, Spanish, from Latin ŧ
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of de1
from Latin, from ŧ (prep) from, away from, out of, etc. In compound words of Latin origin, de- also means away, away from ( decease ); down ( degrade ); reversal ( detect ); removal ( defoliate ); and is used intensively ( devote ) and pejoratively ( detest )
Origin of de2
from Latin ŧ; see de-
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