Where does “décerner” come from?
décerner (French) comes from Italian decernere, from Latin dēcernō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
décerner (French): to award
Definitions
- to award
Ancestry of “décerner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | decernere | to choose, decide; to decree |
| 2 | Latin | dēcernō | to decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful) |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |