Where does “autodestructeur” come from?

autodestructeur (French) comes from French destructeur, from Latin destructor, from Latin dēstruō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.

autodestructeur (French): self-destructive (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests)

Definitions

  1. self-destructive (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests)

Ancestry of “autodestructeur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdestructeurdestructive
2Latindestructordestroyer
3Latindēstruōto destroy, demolish, ruin
4Latindē-of; from
5Latinof; concerning; about
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós
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