Where does “retrodeform” come from?
retrodeform (English) comes from English retro, from French rétro, from French rétroviseur, from French rétro-, from Latin retrō, from Latin dūcere, from Proto-Italic doukō, from Proto-Indo-European déwketi — to pull, to draw; to lead.
retrodeform (English): To carry out a retrodeformation
Definitions
- To carry out a retrodeformation
Ancestry of “retrodeform”, step by step
retrodeform traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English retro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retro | Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the... |
| 2 | French | rétro | shortening of rétroviseur, mirror; retro |
| 3 | French | rétroviseur | rear-view mirror |
| 4 | French | rétro- | retro-, back, behind |
| 5 | Latin | retrō | back, backwards, behind |
| 6 | Latin | dūcere | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
via English deform
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deform | To change the form of, usually negatively; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | deformen | to deform |
| 3 | Old French | deformer | — |
| 4 | Latin | deformare | present active infinitive of dēfōrmō;... |
| 5 | Latin | deformo | I form, fashion; I design, delineate, describe; I... |
| 6 | Latin | de- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |