Etymograph

English

deest

Deest comes from Latin dēsum ‘to be missing’, and goes back to sum.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsum1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēsum2‘to be missing’
  3. Englishtodaydeest2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin desum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English deest

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumWiktionary, Latin desum
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēsumWiktionary, English deest‘to be missing’
  3. EnglishtodaydeestWiktionary, English deest

Linked words

through Latin sum

future, present, improve, proud, presence, essential, absence, pride, entity, approve, absent, prowess, prow, prude, 12 more

Today it means

noun Placed after a catalogue abbreviation to indicate that this particular work does not appear in it.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “deest”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin desum. 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.

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