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Where does “de trop” come from?

de trop (English) comes from French de, from Latin de, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

de trop (English): excessive or superfluous

Definitions

  1. excessive or superfluous

Ancestry of “de trop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdeof; from; used attributively, often translated...
2LatindeThe name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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