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Where does “subdeserto” come from?

subdeserto (Italian) comes from Italian deserto, from Italian diserto, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.

subdeserto (Italian): semidesert

Definitions

  1. semidesert

Ancestry of “subdeserto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandesertodeserted, desert; desert
2Italiandisertoforsaken, abandoned, deserted; undone, ruined;...
3Latindēsertus—
4Latindēserō—
5Latindē-—
6Latindē—
7Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
8Latinposteablative singular of postis
9Proto-Italicposti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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