Where does “demandeur” come from?
demandeur (French) comes from French demander, from Middle French demander, from Old French demander, from Latin demando, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
demandeur (French): asker or requester; seeker; complainant,...
Definitions
- asker or requester; seeker; complainant,...
Ancestry of “demandeur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | demander | to ask; to request; to wonder |
| 2 | Middle French | demander | to ask |
| 3 | Old French | demander | to ask |
| 4 | Latin | demando | I entrust, commit |
| 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 |