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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

perdo.

to destroy, ruin, wreck

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpɛr.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈpɛr.do]

  1. to destroy, ruin, wreck

    Classical · conjugation-3 · no-supine · post-Classical
    Dī tē perduint!

  2. to waste, squander

    Classical · conjugation-3 · no-supine · post-Classical

  3. to have no more, to be deprived of

    Classical · conjugation-3 · no-supine · post-Classical

  4. to lose, cease to have

    Classical · conjugation-3 · no-supine · post-Classical · transitive

  5. to lose, be defeated

    Classical · conjugation-3 · intransitive · no-supine · post-Classical
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Latin -dō Latin perdō From per- (“through”) + -dō (“put”).

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