Where does “déchéance” come from?
déchéance (French) comes from French déchoir, from Old French decheoir, from Latin dēcadere, from Latin dēcīdō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
déchéance (French): decay; downfall
Ancestry of “déchéance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | déchoir | to wane; to strip |
| 2 | Old French | decheoir | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēcadere | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēcīdō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |