Word part · Latin prefix
The Latin prefix dis-
Means: not, the opposite of, or apart.
At a glance
- Part
- dis-
- Meaning
- not, the opposite of, or apart
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
A Latin prefix taught early. With plain words it usually means not (dislike); with roots it often means apart (disrupt).
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- dis (prefix)+like (root or base)→dislike
not like
- dis (prefix)+agree (root or base)→disagree
not agree
- dis (prefix)+appear (root or base)→disappear
do the opposite of appear; go out of sight
- dis (prefix)+honest (root or base)→dishonest
not honest
- dis (prefix)+rupt (root or base)→disrupt
break apart the order of something
- dis (prefix)+rupt (root or base)+ive (suffix)→disruptive
tending to break up order
- dis (prefix)+tract (root or base)→distract
pull someone's attention away
- dis (prefix)+tract (root or base)+ion (suffix)→distraction
something that pulls your attention away
- dis (prefix)+miss (root or base)→dismiss
send away
- dis (prefix)+credit (root or base)→discredit
make people stop believing in
- dis (prefix)+trust (root or base)→distrust
not trust
- dis (prefix)+rupt (root or base)+ion (suffix)→disruption
a break in the usual order
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Taught alongside
Parts that share a lesson with dis-.
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