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Where does “detegere” come from?

detegere (Latin) comes from Latin tegere, from Latin tego, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

detegere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “detegere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatintegoI cover; I clothe; I protect
3Proto-Italictegōcover
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “detegere”

  • detect
  • detector
  • detectable
  • undetectable
  • photodetector
  • detectability
  • multidetector
  • detectible
  • detectably
  • nondetectable
  • undetectably
  • autodetect
  • undetectability
  • indetectable
  • detecter
  • detectorist
  • subdetector
  • redetect
  • immunodetectable
  • detectibly
  • detecteth
  • immunodetect
  • detectograph
  • cryodetector
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