Where does “deterioramento” come from?
deterioramento (Italian) comes from Italian deteriorare, from Latin deteriorare, from Latin deterior, from Latin dēter, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
deterioramento (Italian): deterioration
Ancestry of “deterioramento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | deteriorare | To damage, to deteriorate |
| 2 | Latin | deteriorare | — |
| 3 | Latin | deterior | worse |
| 4 | Latin | dēter | — |
| 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 |