Where does “postmeasles” come from?
postmeasles (English) comes from English measles, from Middle English mesel, from Norman French mesel, from Old French mesel, from Latin misellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
postmeasles (English): After having had the measles
Definitions
- After having had the measles
Ancestry of “postmeasles”, step by step
postmeasles traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English measles
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | measles | Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease,... |
| 2 | Middle English | mesel | A leper |
| 3 | Norman French | mesel | — |
| 4 | Old French | mesel | leper |
| 5 | Latin | misellus | poor, wretched |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 5 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 6 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |