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Where does “perdable” come from?

perdable (French) comes from French perdre, from Middle French perdre, from Old French perdre, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

perdable (French): losable

Definitions

  1. losable

Ancestry of “perdable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperdreto lose; to get lost
2Middle Frenchperdreto lose
3Old Frenchperdreto lose
4LatinperdoI destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose...
5Latin-dō—
6Proto-Germanic-dô—
7Siciliandi—
8Latindē—
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicposti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “perdable”

  • imperdable
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