Where does “departmentwide” come from?
departmentwide (English) comes from English department, from French département, from Middle French département, from Old French département, from Old French departir, from Latin departiō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
departmentwide (English): Throughout a department
Definitions
- Throughout a department
Ancestry of “departmentwide”, step by step
departmentwide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English department
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | department | A part, portion, or subdivision; A distinct... |
| 2 | French | département | department; département |
| 3 | Middle French | département | — |
| 4 | Old French | département | — |
| 5 | Old French | departir | to leave; to depart; departure |
| 6 | Latin | departiō | to divide |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English wide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wide | Having a large physical extent from side to side;... |
| 2 | Old English | wīd | wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wīdaz | wide; broad |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁os | set apart, asunder, in two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |