Where does “detailly” come from?
detailly (English) comes from English detail, from French détail, from French détailler, from Old French detailler, from Old French dé-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
detailly (English): In detail
Definitions
- In detail
Ancestry of “detailly”, step by step
detailly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English detail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | detail | Something small enough to escape casual notice; A... |
| 2 | French | détail | detail |
| 3 | French | détailler | to detail; to retail |
| 4 | Old French | detailler | — |
| 5 | Old French | dé- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |