Where does “Perte” come from?
Perte (Luxembourgish) comes from French perte, from Middle French perte, from Old French perte, from Vulgar Latin perdita, from Latin perditus, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô — afterwards, post; by, at.
Perte (Luxembourgish): loss (due, to separation, due to death)
Definitions
- loss (due, to separation, due to death)
Ancestry of “Perte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | perte | loss; ruin |
| 2 | Middle French | perte | loss |
| 3 | Old French | perte | loss |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | perdita | nominative feminine singular of perditus;... |
| 5 | Latin | perditus | destroyed, ruined; wasted, squandered; lost |
| 6 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 7 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 9 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 10 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 11 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 12 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |