Where does “prédestiner” come from?

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

prédestiner (French): to predestine

Definitions

  1. to predestine

Ancestry of “prédestiner”, step by step

prédestiner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French destiner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdestinerto destine, to fate, to mean for
2Old Frenchdestiner—
3Latindēstināre—

via Latin praedestināre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpraedestināre—

Words derived from “prédestiner”

Every word from Latin dēstināre →Every word from Old French destiner →Every word from French destiner →
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