| de- pref. 1. Do or make the opposite of; reverse: decriminalize. 2. Remove or remove from: delouse; deoxygenate. 3. Out of: deplane; defenestration. 4. Reduce; degrade: declass. 5. Derived from: deverbative. [Middle English de-, from Old French de- (from Latin d  -, from, off, apart, away, down, out, completely, from d; see de- in Indo-European roots) or from Old French des-, out, off, apart, away, completely (from Latin dis-, dis-, and Latin d-).] |
de-
prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives
1. removal of or from something specified deforest dethrone
2. reversal of something decode decompose desegregate
3. departure from decamp
[from Latin, from dē (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)]
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