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Where does “destine” come from?

destine (French) comes from French destiner, from Old French destiner, from Latin dēstināre.

destine (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “destine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdestinerto destine, to fate, to mean for
2Old Frenchdestiner—
3Latindēstināre—
Every word from Latin dēstināre →