di-

Morpheme

di-

Type

prefix

Denotation

negating prefix denoting “lack of, not, opposite of, apart, away, asunder”

Etymology

assimilated form of Old French des- or Latin dis- before <g, l, r, s, v>

Evidence

digestion, digress, dilate, diligent, direct, disperse, disponge, distinguish, divagation, diverge, divide

See Also

dis-

Homographs

Di, di-