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Where does “devasto” come from?

devasto (Italian) comes from Italian devastare, from Latin dēvastō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.

devasto (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “devasto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandevastareto devastate, ravage
2Latindēvastō—
3Latindē-—
4Latindē—
5Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
6Latinposteablative singular of postis
7Proto-Italicposti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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