Where does “donatee” come from?
donatee (English) comes from English donate, from English donation, from French donation, from Italian donazione, from Spanish donación, from Latin dōnātiō, from Latin dōnō, from Proto-Italic dōnāō — he, she.
donatee (English): Someone who has received a donation or someone...
Definitions
- Someone who has received a donation or someone...
Ancestry of “donatee”, step by step
donatee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English donate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | donate | To make a donation; to give away something of... |
| 2 | English | donation | A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific... |
| 3 | French | donation | donation |
| 4 | Italian | donazione | donation, gift; handout |
| 5 | Spanish | donación | donation |
| 6 | Latin | dōnātiō | A donation, gift |
| 7 | Latin | dōnō | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dōnāō | to give, to present |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |