Dele

Morpheme

Dele

Type

free base

Denotation

destroy, raze, annihilate, finish, terminate, put an end to

Etymology

Latin dēlēre

Evidence

autodelete, dele, deleatur, deleaturs, deled*, deleing, deles, deletability, deletable, deletant, delete, deleted, deletee, deleter, deletes, deletia, deleting, deletion, deletive, deleton, delibility, delible, delibly, indelibility, indelible, indelibleness, indelibly, nondeleting, redelete, undelete

Notes

two-part word sum <Dele + -e + -ed -< *deleed -< deled<
Latin dēlēre false cognate of Ancient Greek dēleîsthai

See Also

Ole

Homographs

Dele, Dele