Where does “detect” come from?
Detect comes from Latin detectus, past participle of detegere, meaning to uncover, from de- and tegere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg-, meaning to cover.
detect (English): to discover or find by careful search,...
Definitions
- to discover or find by careful search,...
Ancestry of “detect”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | detectus | uncovered, revealed, disclosed |
| 2 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |