Where does “difini” come from?
difini (Esperanto) comes from French définir, from Italian definire, from Latin dēfīniō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
difini (Esperanto): to define; to determine; to allot
Definitions
- to define; to determine; to allot
Ancestry of “difini”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | définir | to define |
| 2 | Italian | definire | to define, resolve |
| 3 | Latin | dēfīniō | to bound, set bounds to; to limit |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |