dys-

prefix

/dɪs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- From New Latin dys-, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard, difficult, bad”). Often confused with the separately derived prefix dis-.

derived from δυσ-
derived from dys-

Definitions

1
difficult
- dyschezia, dysacusis, dysbasia, dyslexia, dyscopia
2
bad
- dysphoria, dystopia
3
abnormal
- dysgnathic, dysafferentation, dysesthesia
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1. 4
  to fail
  - dysautoregulation
2. 5
  inability, unable
  - dyscontrol, dysmetria
3. 6
  malady, disease
  - dysendocrinism, dysexecutive, dysautonomia, dysbarism
4. 7
  not
  - dysfluent

The neighborhood

synonympara-
synonymdis-
synonymmis-
synonymmal-
antonymeu-antonym(s) of “bad”
neighbordis-

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dys-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA