Where does “decadent” come from?
Decadent comes from French décadent, from French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia, from Latin decadens, the present participle of decadere, meaning to fall away or decline.
decadent (English): Characterized by moral or cultural decline;...
Definitions
- Characterized by moral or cultural decline;...
Ancestry of “decadent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | décadent | decadent; declining |
| 2 | French | décadence | decadence |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | decadentia | decay |
| 4 | Latin | dēcadere | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēcīdō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “decadent”