Where does “decrepitude” come from?
Decrepitude comes from French décrépitude, derived from Latin decrepitudo, meaning extreme old age or infirmity.
decrepitude (English): the state of being decrepit or worn out from age...
Definitions
- the state of being decrepit or worn out from age...
Ancestry of “decrepitude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | décrépitude | decrepitude, decay |
| 2 | French | décrépit | decrepit; past participle of décrépir |
| 3 | Latin | decrepitus | Of old men or old animals, very old |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē | — |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |