Where does “delmar” come from?
delmar (Catalan) comes from English de la Mare, from French dé, from Middle French de, from Old French dé, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
delmar (Catalan): to decimate; to tithe
Definitions
- to decimate; to tithe
Ancestry of “delmar”, step by step
delmar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English de la Mare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de la Mare | of Norman origin |
| 2 | French | dé | die; diced slice; thimble |
| 3 | Middle French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Old French | dé | die |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Latin decimō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | decimō | to decimate (select every tenth person for punishment) |
| 2 | Latin | Decimus | originally used for a tenth-born son |
| 3 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 4 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |