Etymology

dequeue

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Today it means: To remove an item from a queue. Full definition →

English queue ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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dequeue · noun1

Short for double-ended queue.

dequeue · verb2

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

From de- + queue.

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