Where does “donor” come from?
donor (Latin) comes from Latin dono, from Proto-Italic dōnāō, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
donor (Latin): first-person singular present passive indicative...
Definitions
- first-person singular present passive indicative...
Ancestry of “donor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | dono | I give; I bestow, grant; I forgive, pardon |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | dōnāō | to give, to present |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |