Where does “declivity” come from?
Declivity comes from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem (nominative declivis), from Latin de- and Latin declivis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱley- and ḱel-.
declivity (English): The downward slope of a hill; the downward slope...
Definitions
- The downward slope of a hill; the downward slope...
Ancestry of “declivity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déclivité | slope, incline, declivity |
| 2 | Latin | declivitatem | accusative singular of dēclīvitās |
| 3 | Latin | dēclivis | sloping or shelving (downwards) |
| 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 |