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Where does “deformer” come from?

deformer (Old French) comes from Latin deformare, from Latin deformo, from Latin de-, from Latin de, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Ancestry of “deformer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindeformarepresent active infinitive of dēfōrmō;...
2LatindeformoI form, fashion; I design, delineate, describe; I...
3Latinde-de-
4LatindeThe name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “deformer”

  • deform
  • deformable
  • deforming
  • deformability
  • deformer
  • nondeformable
  • nondeforming
  • undeformable
  • ultradeformable
  • deformeth
  • deformably
  • deformest
  • deformingly
  • deformen
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