Where does “debet” come from?
debet (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin debet, from Latin debere, from Latin debeo, from Latin dehibeo, from Latin de-, from Latin de, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Ancestry of “debet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | debet | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | debere | present active infinitive of dēbeō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | debeo | to owe something, to be under obligation to and... |
| 4 | Latin | dehibeo | I have from |
| 5 | Latin | de- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |