Where does “postdatare” come from?
postdatare (Italian) comes from Romanian postdata, from French postdater, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
postdatare (Italian): To postdate
Definitions
- To postdate
Ancestry of “postdatare”, step by step
postdatare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian postdata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | postdata | to postdate |
| 2 | French | postdater | to postdate |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 5 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
via Italian datare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | datare | to date; datare da; to date back to |