Where does “deċiframent” come from?
deċiframent (Maltese) comes from Italian deciframento, from Italian decifrare, from Italian de-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
deċiframent (Maltese): decipherment
Definitions
- decipherment
Ancestry of “deċiframent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | deciframento | deciphering, decoding |
| 2 | Italian | decifrare | to decode or decipher or work out |
| 3 | Italian | de- | Denoting; Denoting subtraction of one or more... |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |