Etymograph

English

self-delete

From self- + delete.

Formed from self- + delete

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Latin dēleō ‘to destroy, raze, annihilate’

Latin dēlēre ‘destroy, blot out, efface’

Latin dēlētus ‘destroyed’

English delete

Today it means

verb To commit suicide.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-delete”. 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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