Where does “decurrently” come from?
decurrently (English) comes from English decurrent, from Latin decurrens, from Latin dēcurrō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
decurrently (English): In a decurrent manner
Ancestry of “decurrently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | decurrent | Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward,... |
| 2 | Latin | decurrens | running, flowing down; hastening |
| 3 | Latin | dēcurrō | — |
| 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 |