Where does “donation” come from?
donation (French) comes from Italian donazione, from Spanish donación, from Latin dōnātiō, from Latin dōnō, from Proto-Italic dōnāō, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
donation (French): donation
Definitions
- donation
Ancestry of “donation”, step by step
donation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian donazione
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | donazione | donation, gift; handout |
| 2 | Spanish | donación | donation |
| 3 | Latin | dōnātiō | A donation, gift |
| 4 | Latin | dōnō | to give |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dōnāō | to give, to present |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Middle French donation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | donation | donation |