dis-
English
/dɪs/
prefix
Definitions
- reversal or removal
- apart
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dis- borrowed from Latin dis- (apart, away, utterly, indicating negation, two, not, double, assunder, in different directions, exceedingly, twice, asunder) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (twice, in two, doubly, twofold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dwís
Gloss
twice, in two, doubly, twofold
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- armour English
- disarmoured English
- disclosure English
- *disfacere Latin
- *disfacio, *disfaciō, disfacere Latin
- *disfaciō Latin
- *disglaciāre Latin
- *disglaciō Latin
- *disiugō Latin
- *disiūnāre Latin
- bis Latin
- dis- Latin
- discalceāre Latin
- discalceātus Latin
- discalceō Latin
- discantāre Latin
- disclaudere Latin
- discomputō Latin
- discoopertus Latin
- discoperiō Latin
- discoperīre Latin
- disculceātus Latin
- diserrāre Latin
- disligāre Latin
- disligō Latin
- dislocatus Latin
- dispareo, disparere Latin
- displicare Latin
- displicāre Latin
- dissēparāre Latin
- dissēperāre, dissepero, *dissēperō Latin
- divergere Latin
- dē̆x-, dēex Latin
- dīrectus Latin
- dīspēnsa Latin
- ieiūnus Latin
- dis- Italian
- des- French
- dis- French
- desarrollar Spanish, Castilian
- desplegar Spanish, Castilian
- dis- Spanish, Castilian
- disgustar Spanish, Castilian
- δίς Ancient Greek
- διά Ancient Greek
- *dwís Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃réǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- *pleḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- dis- Portuguese
- *twiskaz Proto-Germanic
- *twiz- Proto-Germanic
- dis- Middle English
- de- Old French
- debatre Old French
- derroi Old French
- des- Old French
- desconfit Old French
- desguiser Old French
- desservir Old French
- dis- Esperanto
- des- Catalan, Valencian
- dejuga Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- des- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- desfăta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dez- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dezvoalbe Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dvīnis Latvian
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃- Gothic
- des- Old Portuguese
- *dwíš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- des- Old Occitan
- dez- Old Occitan
- des- Old Spanish
- desvanar Old Spanish