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Where does “subdésertique” come from?

subdésertique (French) comes from French désertique, from French désert, from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

subdésertique (French): semiarid, semidesert

Definitions

  1. semiarid, semidesert

Ancestry of “subdésertique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdésertiquedesert
2Frenchdésertdesert; deserted
3Old Frenchdesertdesert
4Latindēsertum—
5Latindēsertus—
6Latindēserō—
7Latindē-—
8Latindē—
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicposti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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