Where does “depi” come from?
depi (Haitian Creole) comes from French depuis, from Middle French depuis, from Old French depuis, from Latin de post, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
depi (Haitian Creole): since
Ancestry of “depi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | depuis | since; since, ever since; for ~ |
| 2 | Middle French | depuis | since |
| 3 | Old French | depuis | — |
| 4 | Latin | de post | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē | — |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |