Where does “dekadent” come from?
dekadent (German) comes from French décadent, from French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia, from Latin dēcadere, from Latin dēcīdō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
dekadent (German): decadent
Ancestry of “dekadent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | décadent | decadent; declining |
| 2 | French | décadence | decadence |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | decadentia | decay |
| 4 | Latin | dēcadere | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēcīdō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |