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Where does “detailverliebt” come from?

detailverliebt (German) comes from German Detail, from French détail, from French détailler, from Old French detailler, from Old French dé-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

detailverliebt (German): obsessed with detail

Definitions

  1. obsessed with detail

Ancestry of “detailverliebt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDetaildetail
2Frenchdétaildetail
3Frenchdétaillerto detail; to retail
4Old Frenchdetailler—
5Old Frenchdé-—
6Latindē-—
7Latindē—
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicposti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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