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The words we have an etymology for, grouped by where they came from. Every ancestry percentage on a report divides by this list, not by the word count.

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  • DESILVERverb2 findersTo remove the silver from (an alloy).
  • DESIPIENCEnounLatin1 findersilliness, folly
  • DESIPIENTadjectiveLatin4 findersfoolish; silly
  • DESIPRAMINEnoun1 finderA tricyclic antidepressant C18H22N2.
  • DESIRABLEadjectiveOld French16 findersWorthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.
  • DESIRABLYadverb5 findersin a manner likely to arouse desire
  • DESIREverbLatin93 findersTo want; to wish for earnestly.
  • DESIROUSadjectiveOld French3 findersFeeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
  • DESIROUSLYadverb1 finderWith desire; eagerly
  • DESISTverbLatin2 findersTo cease to proceed or act; to stop .
  • DESISTANCEnoun3 findersThe act or state of desisting; cessation.
  • DESKnounLatin13 findersA table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository under
  • DESKMANnoun1 finderA subeditor.
  • DESKTOPnoun8 findersThe top surface of a desk.
  • DESMANnounLatin1 finderEither of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semiaquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe.
  • DESMINEnounAncient Greek2 findersThe mineral stilbite.
  • DESOLATEadjectiveMiddle English39 findersDeserted and devoid of inhabitants.
  • DESOLATERnoun3 findersOne who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
  • DESOLATIONnounLatin35 findersThe act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
  • DESOLATORYadjective1 finderCausing desolation.
  • DESPAIRverbLatin71 findersTo give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
  • DESPAIRFULadjective1 finderCharacterised by despair; hopeless.
  • DESPAIRINGadjectiveMiddle English20 findersFeeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
  • DESPAIRINGLYadverb36 findersIn a despairing manner.
  • DESPATCHERnoun1 finderAlternative form of dispatcher.
  • DESPERATEadjectiveLatin1 finderIn dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
  • DESPERATELYadverb1 finderIn a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
  • DESPERATIONnounLatin72 findersThe act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
  • DESPICABLEadjectiveLatin29 findersFit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
  • DESPICABLYadverb26 findersIn a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly
  • DESPITEprepositionLatin20 findersIn spite of, notwithstanding.
  • DESPITEFULadjective3 findersFull of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
  • DESPOILverbLatin27 findersTo plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
  • DESPOILERnounMiddle English37 findersOne who despoils; one who strips by force; a plunderer.
  • DESPOILMENTnoun5 findersThe act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
  • DESPOLIATIONnounLatin9 findersA stripping or plundering; spoliation.
  • DESPOTnounAncient Greek83 findersA ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
  • DESPOTATEnoun2 findersAn area ruled by a despot (δεσπότης) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
  • DESPOTICadjectiveAncient Greek96 findersOf or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
  • DESPOTICALadjective22 findersDespotic.
  • DESPUMATEverbLatin3 findersTo skim the froth or other impurities from a liquid, to clarify, purify.
  • DESPUMATIONnounLatin6 findersThe act of giving off froth or scum.
  • DESQUAMATEverbLatin24 findersTo remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel.
  • DESQUAMATIONnounLatin25 findersThe shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
  • DESTABILISEverb1 finderTo make something unstable.
  • DESTABILIZEverb14 findersTo make something unstable.
  • DESTAINverbOld French3 findersTo remove a chemical stain from.
  • DESTINEverbOld French9 findersTo preordain.
  • DESTINYnounLatin108 findersThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
  • DESTITUTEadjectiveLatin6 findersLacking something; devoid.
  • DESTITUTIONnounLatin12 findersThe action of deserting or abandoning.
  • DESTOCKverb1 finderTo reduce the amount of stock held (by a retail establishment)
  • DESTRIERnoun7 findersA large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
  • DESTROYverbLatin38 findersTo damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
  • DESTROYABLEadjective3 findersAble to be destroyed.
  • DESTRUCTverb4 findersTo intentionally cause the destruction of.
  • DESTRUCTIONnounLatin2 findersThe act of destroying.
  • DESTRUCTIVEadjectiveLatin2 findersCausing destruction; damaging.
  • DESTRUCTIVELYadverb2 findersin a destructive manner: in a way that causes destruction
  • DESTRUCTIVITYnoun1 finderdestructiveness
  • DESUGARverb5 findersTo remove sugar from.
  • DESULFURverb2 findersto remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases)
  • DESULFURIZATIONnoun5 findersThe process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • DESULFURIZEverb1 finderTo remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases).
  • DESULTORYadjectiveLatin246 findersJumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.
  • DETACHverbOld French8 findersTo take apart from; to take off.
  • DETACHABLEadjectiveFrench4 findersDesigned to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
  • DETACHABLYadverb1 finderIn such a way that it can be detached.
  • DETACHERnoun3 findersOne who or that which detaches.
  • DETACHMENTnounFrench2 findersThe action of detaching; separation.
  • DETAILnounOld French9 findersA part small enough to escape casual notice.
  • DETAILERnoun9 findersOne who gives details of something.
  • DETAINverbOld French9 findersTo keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
  • DETAINABLEadjective1 finderCapable of being detained.
  • DETAINERnounOld French8 findersThe right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will; a type of custody.
  • DETANGLEverb6 findersTo disentangle, remove tangles from .
  • DETANGLERnoun10 findersA conditioner product for removing tangles from hair.
  • DETECTverbLatin2 findersTo discover or notice, especially by careful search, examination, or probing.
  • DETECTABILITYnoun2 findersThe state of being detectable.
  • DETECTIONnounLatin2 findersThe act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
  • DETECTORISTnoun3 findersA person whose hobby is the use of a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc.
  • DETENTnounLatin3 findersThat which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
  • DETERverbLatin26 findersTo prevent something from happening.
  • DETERGENTnounLatin1 finderAny non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
  • DETERMINANTnounFrench6 findersA determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
  • DETERMINATEverbLatin3 findersTo bring to an end; to determine.
  • DETERMINATELYadverb2 findersIn a way that is determinate
  • DETERMINISMnounFrench6 findersThe doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
  • DETERMINISTnounFrench9 findersAn advocate of determinism.
  • DETERSIONnounFrench1 finderThe act of deterging or cleansing.
  • DETESTverbLatin1 finderTo dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
  • DETESTABLYadverb5 findersIn a detestable manner.
  • DETESTATIONnounMiddle French4 findersHate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
  • DETHRONEverb30 findersTo depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
  • DETHRONERnoun1 finderOne who dethrones.
  • DETICKverb3 findersto remove ticks (parasitic arachnids) from
  • DETINUEnounOld French10 findersA person or thing detained; a detainee.
  • DETONATEverbProto-Indo-European5 findersTo explode, blow up
  • DETORSIONnounLatin5 findersAlternative form of detortion.
  • DETOURnounFrench16 findersA diversion or deviation from one's original route.

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