Etymological root

de-

Latin

# de-

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** de-6

## Words From This Root
- default - A setting or value used automatically when no other choice is made.
- demean - to lower in dignity or status; to debase
- debase - to lower in quality, value, character, or dignity
- debasement - the reduction in quality, value, or dignity of something
- decompose - to decay, or to break down into component parts
- demote - to reduce to a lower rank or position
- decipher - to convert from code or obscure form into intelligible language
- debar - to exclude or prohibit from something
- decelerate - to reduce speed; to slow down
- demoralize - to weaken the confidence, morale, or resolve of someone
- deactivate - to make something inactive or render it inoperative
- debunk - to expose the falseness of a claim, myth, or pretension
- decompress - to release from pressure or compression; to relax and unwind
- dematerialize - to cease to exist in bodily form; to vanish into nothing
- deconcentrate - to disperse or reduce the concentration of
- depersonalization - loss of a sense of personal identity or of reality's familiarity
- depersonalize - to deprive of individuality or human character
- deregister - to remove from an official register or record
- desalt - to remove salt from, especially from seawater
- desecrate - to treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect
- desecration - the act of violating the sanctity of something sacred
- desex - to deprive of sexual character or function; to neuter
- despecification - the removal or loss of specific detail or specification

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Words from this root(23)

/dɪˈfɔlt/ A setting or value used automatically when no other choice is made. Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈmin/ to lower in dignity or status; to debase Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈbeɪs/ to lower in quality, value, character, or dignity Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈbeɪsmənt/ the reduction in quality, value, or dignity of something Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌdikəmˈpoʊz/ to decay, or to break down into component parts Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈmoʊt/ to reduce to a lower rank or position Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈsaɪfɚ/ to convert from code or obscure form into intelligible language Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈbɑr/ to exclude or prohibit from something Meaning Off Sound Off

/diˈsɛləˌreɪt/ to reduce speed; to slow down Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈmɔrəlaɪz/ to weaken the confidence, morale, or resolve of someone Meaning Off Sound Off

/diˈæktəˌveɪt/ to make something inactive or render it inoperative Meaning Off Sound Off

/diˈbʌŋk/ to expose the falseness of a claim, myth, or pretension Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌdikəmˈprɛs/ to release from pressure or compression; to relax and unwind Meaning Off Sound Off

dematerialize C2+

/ˌdiməˈtɪriəˌlaɪz/ to cease to exist in bodily form; to vanish into nothing Meaning Off Sound Off

deconcentrate C2+

/ˌdikənˈsɛntreɪt/ to disperse or reduce the concentration of Meaning Off Sound Off

depersonalization C2+

/diˌpɚsənələˈzeɪʃən/ loss of a sense of personal identity or of reality's familiarity Meaning Off Sound Off

depersonalize C2+

/diˈpɚsənəˌlaɪz/ to deprive of individuality or human character Meaning Off Sound Off

/diˈrɛdʒɪstɚ/ to remove from an official register or record Meaning Off Sound Off

/diˈsɔlt/ to remove salt from, especially from seawater Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈdɛsɪˌkreɪt/ to treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect Meaning Off Sound Off

desecration C2+

/ˌdɛsɪˈkreɪʃən/ the act of violating the sanctity of something sacred Meaning Off Sound Off

/diˈsɛks/ to deprive of sexual character or function; to neuter Meaning Off Sound Off

despecification C2+

/diˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ the removal or loss of specific detail or specification Meaning Off Sound Off

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