Where does “deriva” come from?
deriva (Italian) comes from French dérive, from French dériver, from French dé-, from Middle French dés-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
deriva (Italian): drift; fin; centreboard
Ancestry of “deriva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | dérive | drift; centreboard; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | French | dériver | to derive; to drift; to redirect, to divert |
| 3 | French | dé- | used to make antonyms |
| 4 | Middle French | dés- | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “deriva”