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Where does “debacular” come from?

debacular (English) comes from English débâcle, from French débâcle, from French débâcler, from French dé-, from Middle French dés-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

debacular (English): Of, like, or pertaining to a debacle; calamitous;...

Definitions

  1. Of, like, or pertaining to a debacle; calamitous;...

Ancestry of “debacular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdébâcleAlternative form of debacle
2Frenchdébâcledebacle; first-person singular present indicative...
3Frenchdébâclerto break up; to lose the ice on the surface
4Frenchdé-used to make antonyms
5Middle Frenchdés-—
6Latindē-—
7Latindē—
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicposti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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