Where does “devolució” come from?
devolució (Catalan) comes from Spanish devolución, from Medieval Latin devolutio, from Latin dēvolvō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
devolució (Catalan): return
Ancestry of “devolució”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | devolución | return; refund; devolution |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | devolutio | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēvolvō | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē | — |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |