- dephlogisticate (v.)
[dephlogisticate 词源字典] - 1775; see de- + phlogiston. Related: Dephlogisticated; dephlogisticating.[dephlogisticate etymology, dephlogisticate origin, 英语词源]
- depict (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin depictus, past participle of depingere "to portray, paint, sketch; describe, imagine," from de- "down" (see de-) + pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)). Related: Depicted; depicting.
- depiction (n.)
- 1680s, from French depiction, from Late Latin depictionem (nominative depictio) "painting, description," noun of action from Latin depictus (see depict).
- depilation (n.)
- early 15c., from Modern Latin depilationem, noun of action from past participle stem of depilare (see depilatory).
- depilatory (adj.)
- c. 1600, from French dépilatorie (adj.), from Latin depilatus "having one's hair plucked," from de- "completely" (see de-) + pilatus, past participle of pilare "deprive of hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)). Earlier in same sense was Depilative. As a noun from c. 1600, from French dépilatorie (n.).
- deplane (v.)
- 1923; see de- + plane (n.2).
- deplete (v.)
- 1807, back-formation from depletion. Related: Depleted; depleting.
- depletion (n.)
- 1650s, from Late Latin depletionem (nominative depletio) "blood-letting," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin deplere "to empty," literally "to un-fill," from de- "off, away" (see de-) + plere "to fill" (see pleio-).
- deplorable (adj.)
- 1610s; see deplore + -able. Perhaps from French déplorable or directly from Late Latin deplorabilis. Johnson (mid-18c.) noted the weakened colloquial use of the word for "very bad." Related: Deplorably.
- deplore (v.)
- 1550s, "to give up as hopeless," from French déplorer (13c.), from Latin deplorare "deplore, bewail, lament, give up for lost," from de- "entirely" (see de-) + plorare "weep, cry out," which is of unknown origin. Meaning "to regret deeply" is from 1560s. Related: Deplored; deploring.
- deploy (v.)
- 1786 as a military word, from French déployer "unroll, unfold," from Old French desploiier "unfold," from Latin displicare "unfold, scatter," from dis- (see dis-) + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.1)). "In its AFr. form regularly adopted in ME as desplay" [OED]. Related: Deployed; deploying.
- deployment (n.)
- 1796, from French déploiement, from déployer (see deploy).
- depolarization (n.)
- 1815; see de- + polarization. Related: Depolarize; depolarized.
- depoliticize (v.)
- 1928, from de- + politicize. Related: Depoliticized; depoliticizing.
- deponent (adj.)
- 1520s, originally grammatical (of verbs passive in form but active in sense), from Latin deponentem "putting down or aside," present participle of deponere (see deposit (v.)). Noun meaning "one who makes a deposition" is from 1540s.
- depopulate (v.)
- 1540s; see de- + populate. Perhaps from Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari "to lay waste, ravage." Related: Depopulated; depopulating. Earlier in same sense was dispeplen (early 15c.).
- depopulation (n.)
- early 15c.; see de- + population.
- deport (v.1)
- late 15c., "to behave," from Old French deporter "behave, deport (oneself)" (12c.), also with a wide range of meanings in Old French, such as "be patient; take one's (sexual) pleasure with; amuse, entertain; remain, delay, tarry; cheer, console, treat kindly; put aside, cast off, send away," from de- "from, off" (see de-) + porter "to carry," from Latin portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Related: Deported; deporting.
- deport (v.2)
- "banish," 1640s, from French déporter, from Latin deportare "carry off, transport, banish, exile," from de- in its sense of "off, away" (see de-) + portare "to carry" (but associated by folk etymology with portus "harbor"); see port (n.1). Related: Deported; deporting.
- deportation (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French déportation, from Latin deporationem (nominative deportatio), noun of action from past participle stem of deportare (see deport (v.2)).
