Where does “dépendre” come from?
dépendre (French) comes from Italian dipendere, from Spanish depender, from Latin dependeo, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
dépendre (French): to depend
Definitions
- to depend
Ancestry of “dépendre”, step by step
dépendre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian dipendere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dipendere | to depend (on something), to be up to (someone), to hang (on), to come from, to be due to |
| 2 | Spanish | depender | to depend, to be subject to; to depend on, to... |
| 3 | Latin | dependeo | I hang down, from or on; I wait for; I am... |
| 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 |