Where does “deterere” come from?
deterere (Latin) comes from Latin detero, from Latin de-, from Latin de, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
deterere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...
Definitions
- second-person singular future passive indicative...
Ancestry of “deterere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | detero | I rub off, rub away, wear out, rasp; I lessen,... |
| 2 | Latin | de- | de- |
| 3 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |
Words derived from “deterere”