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Clee879 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

The prefix "De" and "E"

What do these 2 prefixes mean? Emotion: stick out tongue
  

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Hi, What do these 2 prefixes mean? de- Derived from the Latin de = from, down from. eg activate / deactivate make active, make 'from' being active compose / decompose bring elements together, take elements 'from' each other e- a shortened form of the Latin ex = out, out from + various other meanings .

  • Hi, What do these 2 prefixes mean?
  • de- Derived from the Latin de = from, down from.
  • eg activate / deactivate make active, make 'from' being active compose / decompose bring elements together, take elements 'from' each other e- a shortened form of the Latin ex = out, out from + various other meanings .
  • eg emerge , exit, exclude, exempt.
  • All these verbs are often followed by the preposition 'from'.
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Hi,

What do these 2 prefixes mean?

de- Derived from the Latin de = from, down from. eg

activate / deactivate make active, make 'from' being active

compose / decompose bring elements together, take elements 'from' each other

e- a shortened form of the L
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