used to make antonyms (similarly to English prefixes un-, dis-) · reversal, removal (examples: défaire, découvrir, dégeler) · causation, setting in motion (examples: déclencher, démarrer, décoller)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Middle French des- Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-lbor. French dé- * Partially inherited from Middle French des-, from Old French des-, from a conflation of Latin dis- (“apart”) (ultimately from…
при добавлении к именам существительным образует имена существительные со значением действия, обратного, противоположного или неправильного по отношению к тому, что названо мотивирующим именем существительным
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. Polish de- Latin dē-.
indicates actions whose direction is pointing away from the speaker, either literally or figuratively · indicates the unsuccessful or inaccurate completion of an action · indicates separation, deprivation, etc.
köken: Cognate with Northern Mansi эл- (èl-).
megy (“to go, to walk”) → elmegy (“to go away”)
vet (“to throw, to cast”) → elvet (“to dismiss, to rule out, to throw out (a plan or a possible solution)”)
néz (“to look”) → elnéz (“to excuse, to forgive, to look the other way”)
asunder, apart, in two · reversal, removal · utterly, exceedingly
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Inherited from Proto-Italic *dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- (“in two, apart”), ultimate details are disputed. The loss of the *w is also found in all descendants of Proto-Germanic *t(w)iz-, with the exception of the uncommon Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍃- (twis-), interestingly largely displaced by the…