Delete

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late Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere .

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From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre(“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere(“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē-(“from, away”) + linere(“to smear, wipe”).

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delete (v.)

"destroy, eradicate," 1530s, from Latin deletus, past participle of delere "destroy, blot out, efface," from delevi, originally perfective tense of delinere "to daub, erase by smudging" (as of the wax on a writing table), from de "from, away" (see de-) + linere "to smear, wipe," from PIE root *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky" (see slime (n.)). In English, specifically in reference to written matter from c. 1600. Related: Deleted; deleting.