de ex

Latin

Etymology

From dē +‎ ex.

Preposition

dē ex (+ ablative) (Late Latin)

1. of (partitive)
   • ca. 400 CE, Vetus Itala (Codex Vindobonensis 1185)

     invenit unum de ex conservis suis

     he found one of his fellow slaves

2. from (temporal)
   • CIL 14, 5210

     coniugi karissimae vixit cum eo de ex die virginitatis sue

     for his cherished wife [who] lived with him from the day of her maidenhood

3. from (origin)
   • 836 CE, Italy

     Signum manus Aribaldi de ex genere Francorum avitator civitatis Mediolani

     [This is] the signature from the hand of Aribaldus, a Milanese man of Frankish origin

Descendants

• Catalan: des
• French: dès
• Mozarabic: דש (dš)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: des
  • Galician: des
  • Portuguese: dês
• Spanish: des

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “de ex”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 27