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de

/də/

preposition//

of (expresses belonging); of (used to express property or association); from (used to indicate origin); of (indicates an amount); used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word

Paris est la capitale de la France.Paris is the capital of France.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Middle French de French de Inherited from Middle French de, from Old French de, from Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₁, from *de + *-h₁.

noun, feminine/dam/plural: dᵉˢ

abbreviation of dame