Morpheme
Dele
Type
bound base
Denotation
destroy, hurt, damage, spoil, waste
Etymology
Ancient Greek dēleîsthai
Evidence
deleter-, deleteries, deleterious, deleteriously, deleteriousness, deletery, nondeleterious, undeleterious
Notes
pronounced final <e>
deleterious and deletery are doublets
Ancient Greek dēleîsthai false cognate of Latin dēlēre
