de-
down, away, off; undoing
Latin · de
Latin de- means down, away or off, and often undoes an action: freeze becomes defrost, code becomes decode. It can also mean to make less (decrease, devalue).
Memory trick
de- is a downward arrow: it takes something down, off, or back to before.
Words from this root
- decrease (de + crease) — to become lessघटना
- descend (de + scend) — to go downनीचे उतरना
- defrost (de + frost) — to remove iceबर्फ़ पिघलाना
- deport (de + port) — to send away from a countryदेश से निकालना
- decode (de + code) — to turn code into plain languageकूट खोलना, डिकोड करना
- detach (de + tach) — to take off, to separateअलग करना
- devalue (de + value) — to reduce the worthमूल्य घटाना
- dehydrate (de + hydrate) — to remove waterपानी निकालना
- deforest (de + forest) — to clear trees awayजंगल साफ़ करना
- demolish (de + molish) — to pull down a buildingगिराना, ढहाना
- decline (de + cline) — to lean down, to refuse politelyमना करना, घटना
- depress (de + press) — to press down; to make sadदबाना, उदास करना