English
de
De comes from French de ‘of’.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English de
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdeWiktionary, English de‘of’
- EnglishtodaydeWiktionary, English de
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Another origin of de
- Frenchc. 1600–presentde‘of’
- Englishtodayde
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Today it means
noun The name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “de”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / French de / de