Where does “treasury” come from?
Treasury derives from English department, which comes from French département, ultimately tracing through English and French forms back to Latin de-.
treasury (English): A place where treasure is stored safely; A place...
Definitions
- A place where treasure is stored safely; A place...
Ancestry of “treasury”, step by step
treasury traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English treasury department
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | treasury department | A government department that manages government... |
| 2 | English | department | A part, portion, or subdivision; A distinct... |
| 3 | French | département | department; département |
| 4 | Middle French | département | — |
| 5 | Old French | département | — |
| 6 | Old French | departir | to leave; to depart; departure |
| 7 | Latin | departiō | to divide |
| 8 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |