Etymology

deinterlace

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Today it means: To convert (video footage) into a non-interlaced format; to remove one field from each video frame. Full definition →

English interlace ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishinterlace
  8. English todaydeinterlace

From de- + interlace.

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