LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

de.

of; concerning; about

2 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

prep[ˈdeː]Classical-Latin[ˈdɛː]

of; concerning; about
with-ablative
actum est de aliquo
de rebus mathematicis
from, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds.
with-ablative
emere de aliquo
aliquid mercari de aliquo
from, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds. with petere, of a place
with-ablative
De vicino terra petita solo.
from, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds. of persons
Late-Latin · with-ablative
Peto de te.
from, away from, to indicate the place from which someone or something departs or withdraws.
with-ablative
Animam de corpore mitto.
Aliquo quom jam sucus de corpore cessit.
over, in reference to the people subjugated when celebrating a Roman victory
with-ablative
de Germanis
de Britannis

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Italic *dē (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ (“towards”), from *de (“to, towards”) + *-h₁ (instrumental suffix). Also in suffixes -dam, -dum, -de, -dō (e.g. quondam, inde, unde, quandō), dōnec, Ancient Greek δέ (dé), δή (dḗ), English to.

postp[ˈdeː]Classical-Latin[ˈdɛː]

on this side, from
with-accusative

Where this word comes from

noun[ˈdeː]Classical-Latin[ˈdɛː]

The name of the letter D.
indeclinable

Where this word comes from

Derived from Etruscan. Etruscan names of stops were the stop followed by /eː/.

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