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Where does “dépouilleur” come from?

dépouilleur (French) comes from French dépouiller, from Old French despoillier, from Latin despolio, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.

dépouilleur (French): stripper; checker, scrutinizer; vote counter

Definitions

  1. stripper; checker, scrutinizer; vote counter

Ancestry of “dépouilleur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdépouillerto skin; to rob, despoil; to count ; to go...
2Old Frenchdespoillierto strip; to get undressed
3LatindespolioI rob, plunder or despoil
4Latindē-—
5Latindē—
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicposti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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