Where does “defender” come from?
defender (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese defender, from Latin dēfendō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
defender (Galician): to defend
Definitions
- to defend
Ancestry of “defender”, step by step
defender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese defender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | defender | — |
| 2 | Latin | dēfendō | to drive away |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |