Where does “subdesertico” come from?
subdesertico (Italian) comes from Italian desertico, from Italian deserto, from Italian diserto, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
subdesertico (Italian): semiarid, semidesert
Ancestry of “subdesertico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | desertico | desert |
| 2 | Italian | deserto | deserted, desert; desert |
| 3 | Italian | diserto | forsaken, abandoned, deserted; undone, ruined;... |
| 4 | Latin | dēsertus | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēserō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |