Where does “detonate” come from?
Detonate comes from Latin detono, formed from the prefix de- and Latin de, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European de.
detonate (English): To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust...
Definitions
- To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust...
Ancestry of “detonate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | détoner | to detonate |
| 2 | Latin | dētonō | — |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē | — |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “detonate”