Where does “deleting” come from?
Deleting comes from the Latin delere, meaning to destroy or blot out, which developed from deleo through the past participle deletus.
deleting (English): present participle of delete
Definitions
- present participle of delete
Ancestry of “deleting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | delete | To remove, get rid of or erase, especially... |
| 2 | Latin | dēlētus | destroyed |
| 3 | Latin | dēleō | to destroy, raze, annihilate |
| 4 | Latin | oleō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | oleō | to stoke a fire by burning a sacrifice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂oléye- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
Words derived from “deleting”