Where does “dezirar” come from?
dezirar (Ido) comes from Esperanto deziri, from English desire, from Middle English desir, from Old French desirer, from Latin dēsīderō, from Latin sider-.
dezirar (Ido): to want, desire
Ancestry of “dezirar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | deziri | to desire, to wish; to wish |
| 2 | English | desire | To want; to wish for earnestly; To put a request... |
| 3 | Middle English | desir | desire |
| 4 | Old French | desirer | Alternative form of desirrer |
| 5 | Latin | dēsīderō | — |
| 6 | Latin | sider- | — |