De
/diː/noun
A letter of the English alphabet, the name of the fourth letter.
Did you know?The English letter name De ultimately comes from Semitic and Greek alphabet traditions, where letter-names preserved sounds and shapes long before modern spelling existed.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
PS
dalt
“door”
Phoenician
Pho
dālet
“door”
Ancient Greek
Grk
delta
“the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet”
Latin
Lat
de
“the name of the letter D”
Modern English
Eng
de
“the name of the letter D”