dis-

From Middle English dis-, borrowed from Old French des-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

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• IPA^(key): /dɪs/

dis-

1. reversal or removal

   disassociate

   disarray

2. apart

   disconnect

3. Used as an intensifier of words with negative valence.

   disembowel

   disannul

When attached to a verbal root, prefixes often change the first vowel (whether initial or preceded by a consonant/consonant cluster) of that verb. These phonological changes took place in Latin and usually do not apply to words created (as in Modern Latin) from Latin components since Latin became a 'dead' language. Note: the combination of prefix and following vowel did not always yield the same change. (see examples below at con- + -a-) Also, these changes in vowels are not necessarily particular to being prefixed with dis- (i.e. other prefixes sometimes cause the same vowel change- see con-, ex-).

NOTE: Words using the prefix dis- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.

• de-
• dys-
• un-
• di-
• dif-

• dis- at OneLook Dictionary Search
• dis- in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• DSI, I.D.s, IDS, IDs, ISD, SDI, SID, Sid, ids, sid, sid'

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dis-

1. dis-

Borrowed from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

dis-

1. shows separation, dissemination, e.g. semi (“sow”) > dissemi (“disseminate”) ; ŝiri (“tear”) > disŝiri (“tear to pieces”).

Borrowed from Latin dis-. Compare the inherited dé-.

• IPA^(key): /dis/

dis-

1. dis-

dis-

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌹𐍃-

Borrowed from Esperanto dis-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

dis-

1. shows separation or dissemination

dis-

1. Alternative form of dios-

From Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. See also s-.

dis-

1. dis-

   ‎dis- + ‎fare (“do”) → ‎disfare (“undo”)

   ‎dis- + ‎organizzare (“organize”) → ‎disorganizzare (“disorganize”)

• s-
• in-

• dī-
• dif-
• dir-

From Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Cognates include Ancient Greek δίς (dís) and Sanskrit द्विस् (dvis).

dis-

1. asunder, apart, in two

   dīmittō ― dismiss, disband

   discēdō ― part, separate

2. reversal, removal

   dissimulō ― disguise, conceal

3. utterly, exceedingly

   differtus ― stuffed full

• Before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, sc, sp, st and v, the prefix becomes dī-.
• Before f, the prefix becomes dif-.
• Before a consonantal i, the prefix may become dī- or remain as dis-.
• Before a vowel or h, the prefix becomes dir-.

• bis
• duo

• dis- in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Borrowed from Latin dis-. Compare the inherited des-.

dis-

1. dis-

• IPA^(key): /dɪs/

dis-

1. Alternative form of di-