Where does “antidesertification” come from?
antidesertification (English) comes from English desertification, from English desert, from Middle English desert, from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē- — afterwards, post; by, at.
antidesertification (English): Serving to counter desertification
Definitions
- Serving to counter desertification
Ancestry of “antidesertification”, step by step
antidesertification traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English desertification
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | desertification | Process by which a geographic region becomes a... |
| 2 | English | desert | That which is deserved or merited; a just... |
| 3 | Middle English | desert | The situation of deserving something; That which... |
| 4 | Old French | desert | desert (desolate terrain) |
| 5 | Latin | dēsertum | a desert, wasteland |
| 6 | Latin | dēsertus | deserted, abandoned, forsaken; having been deserted, etc |
| 7 | Latin | dēserō | to leave, depart, desert, quit |
| 8 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |