Etymology

de-emphasize

Today it means: To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down. Full definition →

English emphasize ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishemphasize
  8. English todayde-emphasize

From de- + emphasize.

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