Expertlatin
- What is the preposition de used for?
- Does De mean of or from?
- Where is the word preposition derived from?
- What does preposition mean from?
What is the preposition de used for?
de shows who or what something belongs to. de can indicate what something is made of, what it contains or what it is used for. de is used in comparisons when a number is mentioned.
Does De mean of or from?
The preposition de is translated as "of," "from," or "about," but de also can mean "by," "in," or other prepositions in some cases. Del is simply the contraction of de and the definite article el (not él), so we use del in place of de el.
Where is the word preposition derived from?
Terminology. The word preposition comes from Latin: prae- prefix (pre- prefix) ("before") and Latin: ponere ("to put"). This refers to the situation in Latin and Greek (and in English), where such words are placed before their complement (except sometimes in Ancient Greek), and are hence "pre-positioned".
What does preposition mean from?
A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Some examples of prepositions are words like "in," "at," "on," "of," and "to."
