Where does “debilitate” come from?

debilitate (Italian) comes from Italian debilitare, from Latin debilitare, from Latin debilito, from Latin dēbilis, from Latin dēbeō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

debilitate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “debilitate”, step by step

debilitate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian debilitare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandebilitareto debilitate
2Latindebilitarepresent active infinitive of dēbilitō;...
3LatindebilitoI cripple or maim; I debilitate, unnerve, disable...
4Latindēbilisweak, frail, feeble
5Latindēbeōto owe something, to be under obligation to and for something
6Latindē-of; from
7Latinof; concerning; about
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Italian debilitato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandebilitatopast participle of debilitare; past participle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Latin dē-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti