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- Latin · borrowed fromdēsūmō, dēsūmere
- English todaydesume
Borrowed from Latin dēsūmō, dēsūmere, from dē- + sūmere (“to take”).
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desume
Today it means: To borrow, extract, or select. Full definition →
Latin dēsūmō, dēsūmere