Where does “Destiny” come from?
Destiny comes from Middle English destine, from Old French destinee, from Latin destināta, the feminine past participle of destināre meaning to make firm or establish.
Destiny (English): That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will
Definitions
- That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will
Ancestry of “Destiny”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | destine | — |
| 2 | Old French | destinee | fate; destiny |
| 3 | Latin | destino | I bind, fasten, secure, fix; I establish,... |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 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 |