Where does “délimiter” come from?
délimiter (French) comes from Latin delimitare, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
délimiter (French): to delimit; to outline; delineate
Definitions
- to delimit; to outline; delineate
Ancestry of “délimiter”, step by step
délimiter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin delimitare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | delimitare | to mark out the limits |
| 2 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Latin dēlīmitō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | dēlīmitō | to delimit, mark out the boundaries |
| 2 | Latin | līmitō | to limit, delimit, bound |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |