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Where does “destinen” come from?
destinen (Middle English) comes from Old French destiner, from Latin dēstināre.
Ancestry of “destinen”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old French
destiner
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2
Latin
dēstināre
—
Words derived from “destinen”
destine
destineth
destinest
destna
destnans
destnys
Every word from Latin dēstināre →
Every word from Old French destiner →