Where does “denunciatory” come from?
denunciatory (English) comes from English denunciate, from Latin denuntiatus, from Latin dēnuntiō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
denunciatory (English): Tending to denounce
Ancestry of “denunciatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | denunciate | To condemn openly |
| 2 | Latin | denuntiatus | announced, declared |
| 3 | Latin | dēnuntiō | — |
| 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 |