Dis
(prefix)
- Used as a prefix to indicate negation, reversal, or deprivation, e.g. disagree, disappear, disown.
- Used as a prefix to indicate the absence of or removal of something, e.g. disbar, discontinue, dismember.
Origin:
From latin dis- (“apart, asunder”).
Examples:
- He couldn't disagree more with his friend's argument.
- The magician made the rabbit disappear in front of the audience.
- After the argument with his family, he decided to disown them.
- The judge ruled to disbar the lawyer from practicing law.
- The company announced it would discontinue the product.
- The serial killer dismembered his victims in his basement.