Category talk:English terms prefixed with de-

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Why there is no word decease in this category? — This unsigned comment was added by 95.110.9.240 (talk).

So how about “derange”? Same story? — Koaieus (talk) 01:56, 30 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

The prefix was Old French des-, derived from Latin dis-. No de- at any stage in its history. Chuck Entz (talk) 05:45, 1 October 2020 (UTC)Reply