Where does “delaien” come from?
delaien (Middle English) comes from Old French delaiier, from Old French delaissier, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
Ancestry of “delaien”, step by step
delaien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French delaiier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | delaiier | — |
| 2 | Old French | delaissier | to leave; to abandon |
| 3 | Old French | des | — |
| 4 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |