Word origin
[1540–50; ‹ LL
dēfluxiōn- (s. of
dēfluxiō) a flowing down, discharge, equiv. to L
dē- de- +
fluxiōn- fluxion]This word is first recorded in the period 1540–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cabinet, horizon, labyrinth, monitor, telltalede- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), or intensity (decompound)