English
deletion
Deletion comes from Latin dēlētiōnem ‘destruction, effacement’, and goes back to dēleō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēleō‘to destroy, raze, annihilate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēlētiōnem‘destruction, effacement’
- Englishtodaydeletion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēleō‘to destroy, raze, annihilate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēlētiōnem‘destruction, effacement’
- Englishtodaydeletion
Formed from delete + -ion
Latin dēleō ‘to destroy, raze, annihilate’
Latin dēlēre ‘destroy, blot out, efface’
Latin dēlētus ‘destroyed’
English delete
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- ‘to smear’
through Latin dēleō ‘to destroy, raze, annihilate’
Today it means
noun An item that has been or will be deleted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dēleō / deletion