Where does “perdita” come from?

perdita (Hungarian) comes from Italian perdita, from Latin perdita, from Latin perdere, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

perdita (Hungarian): courtesan, prostitute

Definitions

  1. courtesan, prostitute

Ancestry of “perdita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianperditaloss, waste, deprivation; leak, leakage
2Latinperditanominative feminine singular of perditus;...
3Latinperderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinperdoI destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose...
5Latin-dōto put
6Proto-Germanic-dô
7SiciliandiUsed to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
8Latinof; concerning; about
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós